I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am aware of my Scottish ancestry. It's there all right, but it would be pushing it to label me a Scottish painter. Or, indeed, an anywhere painter.
More Quotes by Peter Doig
Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.
What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.
I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.
I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.
When I was growing up, I never felt that I belonged anywhere because we never lived in a house for more than three months. That's all I knew, and that's why I don't really belong anywhere.
It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.