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Growing up, I lived in a house without art: no picture books on the shelves, no visits to museums, no posters on the bedroom wall.

Art-making was part of my daily life from a very young age, and I still love that kind of everyday art-making.

When you are older, you realise that everything else is just nothing compared to painting and drawing.

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

I don't buy art to put away somewhere. I buy art to appreciate, enjoy, and live with. It's supposed to add to your life.

I've been painting and making things since I was little.

I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.

I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.

I don't think I am that materialistic, actually. Obviously at home in the country the art collection is important, but we have one big room in the middle of the house where we do everything - the television, the kitchen, everything.

Painting is a hobby for me.