My first influence obviously was Picasso.

All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.

I don’t like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

I don’t feel very optimistic in London.

I think about death all the time. I know there’s nothing out there, but I’m curious. There’s a 300 billion-to-one chance that there might be an energy that goes somewhere else, but I doubt it.

Being trendy is dangerous. I’ve never been trendy, which is why I’ve never really fallen out of favour.

I didn’t know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

I was ten when I got my first serious beating. It was rough.

To get rich, you have to be making money while you’re asleep.

I am mad about my wife.

Kate Moss is the best thing since Jean Shrimpton, really.

Nothing wrong with retouching – nothing new about retouching.