Art and creativity are crucial, whether you're a mathematician, a scientist, or an artist.
Art historical reference is like learning to drive a car - you always know how to drive even though you're not analysing how.
At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite.
I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.
I can consciously say I like squashing things because I saw 'Tom and Jerry' films or Charlie Chaplin in 'Modern Times.' That's true.
I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.
I don't particularly look at other artists when I'm working. But references do come into my work intuitively.
The idea of going off to an office every day and 'putting on my art hat' doesn't appeal.
At times, I've been incapacitated by anxiety and unhappiness. You really know what joy is if you have experienced the opposite.
To make large, site-specific work as an artist is usually quite tortuous; there are so many boxes you have to tick.
I can consciously say I like squashing things because I saw 'Tom and Jerry' films or Charlie Chaplin in 'Modern Times.' That's true.
I think I'm a feminist, hopefully by example. I just feel it's important to do as much as I can as a woman, to the best of my ability.
I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.
I always feel my work is a chemical reaction between me and the world, wherever I happen to be.
I was very physical as a child - we lived on a smallholding, and I was always outside making mud pies or building structures up trees.
I think I was a late developer because I'd been stuck in the country and was a little bit shy and withdrawn.