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I think most people see drawing as subservient to the subject, a sort of meditation, a studying, a searching observation, in my case, for its own sake.

Even though I'm usually not conscious of it, I think drawing has always served a sort of therapeutic purpose in my life. There's something about the process of translating the messy chaos of real life into a clean, simple drawing that's always been comforting to me.

For me, drawing is a question of death and life. Every day I draw, I write, I do something.

Drawing was a cheap way for me to express myself. It gave a focus to my thinking and my life from a very early age.

As long as I can remember, I've always loved to draw. But my interest in drawing wasn't encouraged very much.

Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.

Mostly, drawings are things I make for myself - I do them in sketchbooks. They are mental experiments - private inner thoughts when I'm not sure what will come out.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

For me, drawing is a way of navigating the imagination, and it remains the fundamental vehicle of my practice. Drawing allows me to be at my most inventive.

I have been drawing all my life.