Great Art - Or Good Art -

I Always Try To Make Everyone Mellow Down, Make Sure Everybody's Happy. The People I Have Employed Have Always Kind Of Stayed With Us. A Lot Of People Who Come To Work For You Are Artists In Their Own Right. And They Want To Work For You Because They Want To Pick Something Up.

I Was Taught To Confront Things You Can't Avoid. Death Is One Of Those Things. To Live In A Society Where You're Trying Not To Look At It Is Stupid Because Looking At Death Throws Us Back Into Life With More Vigour And Energy. The Fact That Flowers Don't Last For Ever Makes Them Beautiful.

I Did A Load Of Medicine Cabinets A Long Time Ago And I Named Them After Sex Pistols Songs. I Suppose I Must Be Getting Old If I'm Naming Work After Philip Larkin Poems.

Since I Was A Child, Death Is Definitely Something That I Think About Every Day. But I Think That Everybody Does. You Try And Avoid It, But It's Such A Big Thing That You Can't.

I Was Brought Up Catholic, And I Felt The Power Of Art From A Very Young Age - Seeing The Brutality Of All Those Images Of Flayed Apostles And Tortured Saints Was A Pretty Strong Introduction.