"It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres."

"I left school on my 15th birthday."

"I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism."

"I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties."

"It is a steadfast truth that when you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'"

"I've seen shows on Showtime, and they're very provocative, if you will, but nothing to the point that's over-the-top or gratuitous."

"I like to describe myself as a proudly visible member of the most invisible segments of our society - older women."