I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.
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- In an artwork you're always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.
- I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.
- I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.
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