I have had three masters, Nature, Velasquez, and Rembrandt.
There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters.
The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.
What really shifted my understanding of my potential placement in the world of art is when I had a chance to choreograph a show for... It was just this incredible production with all these masters.
I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to be, because my heroes were Goya and Francis Bacon.
When I think of competition it's like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids.
It's not like I think my art is inspirations from icons strung together. They're just sort of people who others talk about. I am definitely interested in the masters of different genres, they're talented and popular for a reason.
Nobody cares much at heart about Titian, only there is a strange undercurrent of everlasting murmur about his name, which means the deep consent of all great men that he is greater than they.
