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" I'm a very early riser, and I don't like to miss that beautiful early morning light. "

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" A lot of people, given the chance, would blow up everything, and you and me. "

" Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life. "

" Drawing is rather like playing chess: your mind races ahead of the moves that you eventually make. "

" All film directors, even the ones using 3-D today, want you to look at what they chose. "

" Britain is a very small country with a very large press. "

" I did come from a pretty independent-minded family. "

" But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to use it, I mean you're using it for constructing, makes you think about it, the place did as well. "

" I'm a bit claustrophobic, I know that now. "

" What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. "

" Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs. "

" Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache. "

" I value my friends. "

" I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. "

" I'm a natural sceptic. "

" To me, the world's rather beautiful if you look at it. Especially nature. "

" I've always wanted to be able to paint the dawn. "

" I'm a bit of a propagandist. "

" A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. "

" I think Picasso was, without doubt, the greatest portraitist of the 20th century, if not any other century. "

" I'm fed up with being bossed around. "

" What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. "

" Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it. "

" It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. "

" Who's going to ask a painter to see a diploma? They'd say, 'Can I see your paintings?', wouldn't they? "

" The moment I got a very big studio, everything took off. "

" When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing. "

" You must plan to be spontaneous. "

" Who would have thought that the telephone would bring back drawing? "

" Being able to draw means being able to put things in believable space. People who don't draw very well can't do that. "