"The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?"

"I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great."

"The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact."

"Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I don't think conceptual art and traditional art are all that different."

"Sometimes I think I've been too honest, and other times, too explicit."

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."

"I'm really, really lucky. I was given my dad's good genes."

"It is a humble truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground."