I'm one of the more pessimistic cats on the planet. I make Van Gogh look like a rodeo clown.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.
Van Gogh was impulsive.
I'm not much for cats. I'm terrified of mice. I've worked a lot with elephants, and they are extremely intelligent and sensitive, and thankfully, they seem to like me. You never want to get on the bad side of an elephant. And never trust a chimp.
To be honest, the reason I have my cats is to force myself to think about something other than myself.
I don't think I'd like to be a different person. But I do sometimes see my cats lolling about and think it would be nice to be one of them.
I always liked the Van Gogh story because I was terribly involved in that.
I was a terrible painter - my portraits looked like the evil chimera love-children of Picasso's demoiselles and the BBC test card clown.
I think that the mythology of Van Gogh's life, and the beauty of his paintings, is unstoppable.
I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.
I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.