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

Artists, real artists, have to work. They can’t be hedonists. Really good painters are always working. The world is such a marvelous place. You have to look and to work. That’s exactly why Van Gogh was such a great artist: total commitment. That’s what you need.

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

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.