Other people's songs can inspire me, though - I always have music on when I'm painting.

- Danny Fox

I don't think of myself as a rebellious artist, a lot of people have said that about me because I came from Cornwall and choose to paint people in wh…

- Danny Fox

I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like simple piano.

- Danny Fox

I don't really need to be inspired by literature though. At the end of the day it's colour and imagery moved around until it works.

- Danny Fox

The spirit of a painting is very hard to explain and articulate. I can't say it's not intentional because that is the mark I'm trying to hit, however…

- Danny Fox

Some of my work is very instinctive, some of my favourite things I've ever done are just two minute sketches, nothing is better when you get it like …

- Danny Fox

Sometimes I just want to sit and write at a clean table and not get paint all over my hands.

- Danny Fox

Painting can be like poetry but as somebody who creates both I feel the necessity for both so they cant be that similar. Sometimes I think it's as ba…

- Danny Fox

I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question.

- Danny Fox