I've Noticed A Terrible Thing, Which Is

When I Went Back To England After A Year Away, The Country Seemed Stuck, Dozing In A Fairy Tale, Stifled By The Weight Of Tradition.

When I Was At Art College, The Teachers Who Helped Me Were Not The Ones I Agreed With, Or The Ones Who Encouraged Me, But The Ones Who Took Very Strong Positions. Because If Someone Does That, You Can Find Your Own Position In Relation To It: What Is It That I Don't Agree With? In The Studio I Want To Articulate A Position Clearly Enough So That Other People Can Use It - Or Chuck It Away If They Don't Want It.

Nothing So Dates An Era As Its Conception Of The Future.

Art Is Not An Object, But A Trigger For Experience.

Be The First To Not Do What Nobody Has Ever Thought Of Not Doing Before.