I would rather fail as an artist than succeed as anything else.

First rule of restorations. Never do what you can’t undo.

One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories.

If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art.

You have to know how to be vulgar. Paint with four-letter words.

If you could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are

Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public

Art is neither a profession nor a hobby. Art is a Way of being.

If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art.

Art does not reproduce what is visible, it makes things visible.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public

The craving for recognition is every artist's Achilles heel.

We suffered for our art. You have to suffer for our art as well!

Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.