When I was in art college, I would be painting, and I would create something on a canvas that was actually quite attractive. But if I got frightened and tried to protect that, that canvas would die.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.
I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.
If you do things, whether it's acting or music or painting, do it without fear - that's my philosophy. Because nobody can arrest you and put you in jail if you paint badly, so there's nothing to lose.
If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want it.
I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.
You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It's exhilarating.
Always the danger for me in life and in art is not to be brave. I am not a naturally brave person. I have to will myself not to hole up in my house and read my life away.
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.