I Had To Come To Terms With

The People In Miami Are So Different From Anywhere Else I've Been In America. They're So Down To Earth, Really Friendly, And Quite Self-effacing, With A Good Sense Of Humor. I'm Not Saying Other Parts Of America Don't Have A Sense Of Humor, But Miami Maybe Has To Have A Really Good Sense Of Humor For Lots Of Different Reasons, And It Works. It Works For Me.

I've Worked Really Hard. I've Made Three Pieces Of Seminal Art In My Life. If I Died Tomorrow, I'd Be Remembered For Making Them. There Are A Lot Of Artists Who, No Matter How Hard They Work In Their Lives, Will Never Make Anything Seminal.

Art Is Like A Lover Whom You Run Away From But Who Comes Back And Picks You Up.

I Thought It Would Be My One And Only Exhibition So I Decided To Call It My Major Retrospective.

Because Of The Amount Of Press Attention, People Went To See This Dirty Bed, As If It Was A Freak Show. But When They Got There, They Saw Something Else - The Bed, Stuff On The Walls, Whatever. For The Tate, It's The Highest Attendance They Ever Received For The Turner Prize Show. There Was A Massive Queue, And When You Got Into My Bit, You Couldn't Move.