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 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.

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.