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

I’m not really one for regrets.

I don’t really like the term ‘artist.’ I’m not sure what it means. It’s a bit like ‘love.’

The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn’t support yourself as an ‘artist’ – I hate that word. The only way you could...

I don’t think global warming is to do with us, I think it’s a natural circle. I don’t think a few Ferraris make that much difference.

I love learning new techniques.

I’m an image-maker.

Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.

I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

My exploits are nothing now to the average person.

Photography is more about money now but then so are most things.

The skull is nature’s sculpture.

Rather than knowing more, I think I’ve got more open-minded.

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

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 know everything should be photographed. It helps me make sense of my existence.

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

I’m not a philosopher, I’m just a simple boy from East Ham.

Being handsome wasn’t much of a burden. It worked for me.

Fortunately I didn’t get educated because if I’d got educated I’d be an educated fool now.

My father was a tailor, my mother a machinist.

The earth has a life of its own.

When I die I want to go to Vogue.

The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

I guess I’m the last of the Cockneys.

I’ve always been a bit flip.

I never set out to be a photographer.

I’m not mad about movies, there are too many people involved in the making of them, and they lack a definitive creative focus.

If you’re curious, London’s an amazing place.

Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

My friends are all megalomaniacs – from Damien Hirst to Jack Nicholson – all of them.

There’s nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it’s a bit limited.

I didn’t try and do fashion pictures. I tried to do portraits of girls wearing dresses.

The Sixties was a time of breaking down class barriers, although I think class still exists today in some areas.

I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

I don’t think my work does reflect my nationality – I don’t like the idea of nationalism.

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

I’m not political and I don’t judge.

London changes because of money. It’s real estate. If they can build some offices or expensive apartments they will, it’s money that changes everything in a city.

I left school on my 15th birthday.

My paintings are rubbish.

You adapt to who you’re photographing.

Instead of putting someone in prison for being a hooligan, give him a choice. He may have beaten someone up and he’s got eight years, but tell him you can do eight years inside or...

Botticelli would have made a very good fashion photographer. He did eight heads instead of seven heads in a body, which is fashion illustration.

I hate men who are in touch with their feminine side.

I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

If something becomes old-fashioned, it was no good to start with. Think about it. Michelangelo is not old-fashioned.

I’ve always tried to do pictures that don’t date.

I always go for simplicity.

I like change. There’s something Buddhist about it – continuous change is wonderful.