I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great..

I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense. That is why I plainly pain….

I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed..

I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body - the patterns and stripes ….

I really love painting women. Their bodies, their clothes - it all interests me, whereas men really don't that much, in a way..

I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better to paint from..

I'm interested in the sheer fascination of beauty - beauty is fascinating..

When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative that is going on inside of i….

I'm almost weeping when I'm painting my daughter. I've been thinking she won't be little for much longer..