You have to step over the boundaries sometimes just to find out where theyare..

I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid b….

It's very easy to say, 'I could have done that,' after someone's done it. But I did it. You didn't. It didn't exist until I did it..

I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not..

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better..

I just wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So far I've found there aren't any. I just wanted to be stopped, and no one will stop me..

For me, art is always a kind of theater..

Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always ab….

I love color. I feel it inside me. It gives me a buzz..

Art comes from everywhere. It's your response to your surroundings..

I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you g….

I can't understand why most people believe in medicine and don't believe in art, without questioning either..

What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect..

You've really got to get down on the floor with yourself and get low in order to make great art. I think you've just got to accept who you are and do….

It's amazing what you can do with an E in A-Level art, a twisted imagination and a chainsaw..

I wanted a shark that's big enough to eat you, and in a large enough amount of liquid so that you could imagine you were in there with it..

When we are no longer children, we are already dead..

As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep mean….

The idea is more important than the object..

I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day..

The answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it..