Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make.

There are enough no smoking places now.

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

I had always planned to make a large painting of the early spring, when the first leaves are at the bottom of the trees, and they seem to float in space in a wonderful way. But the arrival of spring can't be done in one picture.

Anything simple always interests me.

I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

I prefer living in color.

Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.

I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

I have never met an ugly woman.

I'm never shocked, I'm not the shockable type!

I don't think it matters where I came from any more.

I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.

Fashion often starts off beautiful and becomes ugly, whereas art starts off ugly sometimes and becomes beautiful.

When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For me, it has to be continuous.

I love people for giving me their time. It's a privilege - I make the most of it.

Nothing wrong with retouching - nothing new about retouching.

I suppose because my work was so popular people didn't really look at it.