I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
I love learning new techniques.
People want security in this insecure world.
My exploits are nothing now to the average person.
There's nothing wrong with being a fashion photographer, but it's a bit limited.
The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.
I've always tried to do pictures that don't date.
I have always wanted to live in the present and never the past.
If I have any sexist feelings they are aimed at men: I hate manly men.
My first influence obviously was Picasso.
When I stop working, I go out and start working again. Most people paint a picture, or whatever they do, and go home. For me, it has to be continuous.
I don't think it matters where I came from any more.
In France they don't think I'm difficult.
All I could do at school was paint and draw and that was the only time I ever passed any exam. It was the only thing I ever got right at school.
I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.
Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.
I could develop a picture by the time I was 12.
Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.
It's not about composition. It's the way you feel about how your objects should relate to each other. I've got lots of African statues and things, and the cleaner arranges them like soldiers, which drives me mad. So I have to rearrange them, and I must drive her mad, because I'm doing anarchy and she's doing military manoeuvres.
I did painting before I did photography.
