I believe that the very process of looking can make a thing beautiful. - Martin Gayford

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

I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money – I think that can be a burden – I’m greedy for an exciting life. I want it to be exciting all the time, and I get it, actually. On the other hand, I can find excitement, I admit, in raindrops falling on a puddle and a lot of people wouldn’t. I intend to have it exciting until the day I fall over.

It is very good advice to believe only what an artist does, rather than what he says about his work.