A lot of people who work in computers think that the world is like them.

I just love dressing up in everything a man is supposed not to be, in all that vulnerability, sweetness, preciousness and impracticality.

To appreciate art you’ve got to work at it a bit.

I think when we talk of craft we talk of a certain set of processes, whether that be clay of glass if jewelry or textiles, and we look back through history instantly.

Creativity is mistakes.

Beauty and seriousness are perhaps the most shocking tactics left to artists these days.

Art is not some fun add-on to life.

The middle class male thinks he has a monopoly on objectivity.

Originality is for people with short memories

Taste is a phenomenon. Most of taste is unconscious - it comes from your upbringing, from your family, from your society, your gender, your race; it's a melange of all those things.

I always say to people if you want to see what Britain looks like, watch Gogglebox. It's brilliant and funny and warm and clever.

What was a prisoner of war anyway? Less than a man, just material to be used to make the railway, like the teak sleepers and steel rails and dog spikes.

To be able to stand out and be respected by many, you have to be positively unique and full of substance.

The story you live is the ripple you leave.

I see myself as an educator.

True charity occurs only when there are no notions of giving, giver, or gift.

There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

What is deeper is warmer. When you’re looking for what is deeper, add warmth.

Why is it that some secrets can drown you while some pull you close to others in a way you never want to lose?

The way to do fieldwork is never to come up for air until it is all over.

I'm not so facile that I can accomplish or find out what I want to know or explore enough of the possibilities and a way of making a painting, say, in just one painting or two paintings.