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I am not really into paintings, to be honest, but for me, the art I love is when I see singers putting their heart into their song, actors giving the performance of their lives, and books and movies that make me feel something I never thought I could; there's art in everything as long as it's made with soul.

I am drawn to intimate, often uncomfortable portraits of a woman persevering and awakening.

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

For a long time, I believed that a great piece of music on its own could do more to stir the soul than any other single art form.

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.

Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.

I'm always looking at other artists and trying to get inspired by different things.

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.