The lens is a tyranny.

I prefer living in color.

Paint something every day.

I'm a bit of a propagandist.

I've always felt very English.

Tragedy is a literary concept.

In my old age, I'll be in L.A.

I live wherever I happen to be.

You must plan to be spontaneous.

Spring is very energising to me.

California is always in my mind.

I don't value prizes of any sort.

Laugh a lot. It clears the lungs.

I'm not antisocial. I like people.

Easel painting means small painting.

Anything simple always interests me.

I'm fed up with being bossed around.

Like people, trees are all individuals.

It takes a long time to make it simple.

Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.

Water colours are wet colours in water.

There are enough no smoking places now.

Drawing takes time. A line has time in it

If you are not playful you are not alive.

I've realized that I can do performances.

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

There would be no bohemia without smoking.

If you like music you like silence actually.

Faces are the most interesting things we see

I grew up in austerity in the 1940s and 1950s.

I think I am seeing more clearly now than ever.

I love California; everything is so artificial.

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

I do believe that painting can change the world.

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

I'm sure that the camera is part of European art.

Teaching people to draw is teaching people to look

I paint what I like, when I like and where I like.

I did come from a pretty independent-minded family.

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

No one has ever asked to see my degree certificate.

It's all one to me: opera, painting, drawing, faxes.

Painting and drawing has been here for 35,000 years.

Just because I’m cheeky, doesn’t mean I’m not serious

My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.

The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.

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

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

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

I'm very attracted to the great open spaces of the West.

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