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All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get.

As you get older, you look at things differently.

Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

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

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.

I was three years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life.

When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.

I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.

I don't like a lot of the stuff that goes on in the art world, but it's hard to be old and like what goes on around you.

My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist. As you grow older, you learn what to do and what to leave out. You kind of simplify your work and get the same thing done with fewer strokes. It's pretty interesting to me.