Go forth a conqueror and win great victories.

Love conquers all.

They can conquer who believe they can.

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

Trust one who has tried.

Until I began to learn to draw, I was never much interested in looking at art.

Queer art is as much about starting conversations as it is about making dramatic statements.

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

I've never been out with any of the cast of Coronation Street. We're all very close friends so it's very much a professional attitude.

There is just so much beauty in Cambridge. It's wonderful.