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

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Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way,...

Yes, I did, I mean I painted er, in a kind of abstract expressionist way,...

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what...

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what...

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for...

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for...

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

Television is becoming a collage -- there are so many channels that you move through...

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

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

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember,...

But the moment you use an ordinary camera, you are not seeing the picture, remember,...

Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through...

Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through...

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all...

Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all...

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures,...

Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures,...

Anything simple always interests me.

Anything simple always interests me.

We grow small trying to be great.

We grow small trying to be great.

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to...

But, I would always be thinking of how pictures are constructed and colour, how to...

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

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

But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that...

But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that...

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that...

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that...

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in...

You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in...

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Well you can't teach the poetry, but you can teach the craft.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.

Well, in Bradford I could say I was brought up in Bradford and Hollywood.