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I always look at money not as...

I always look at money not as a motivating factor but as an element in the composition. You can't ignore it, but you've got to be very careful that it's not motivating you.

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I used to watch 'Top of the P...

I used to watch 'Top of the Pops' when I was a kid and say 'Yeah!' or 'Boo!' at every single song. So there was nothing in the middle. You brutally put it on one side or another.

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The spot paintings and spin p...

The spot paintings and spin paintings were trying to find mechanical ways to make paintings.

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You'd never look at a Rembran...

You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.

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The difference between art ab...

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact.

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Even as a kid in drawing clas...

Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.

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I gave up painting by 16. I s...

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then.

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That's the great thing about ...

That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.

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There was a point I could hav...

There was a point I could have just churned out the spot and spin paintings for ever and laughed all the way to the bank.

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Buy art, build a museum, put ...

Buy art, build a museum, put your name on it, let people in for free. That's as close as you can get to immortality.

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I definitely think about deat...

I definitely think about death. And every day your relationship with death changes. And every day I sort of feel like I know it more. I've always thought about it.

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As an artist you're looking f...

As an artist you're looking for universal triggers. You want it both ways. You want it to have an immediate impact, and you want it to have deep meanings as well. I'm striving for both. But I hate it when people write things that sound like they've swallowed a f... dictionary.

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The spot paintings, the spin ...

The spot paintings, the spin paintings, they're all a mechanical way to avoid the actual guy in a room, myself, with a blank canvas.

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I can't wait to get into a po...

I can't wait to get into a position to make really bad art and get away with it. At the moment if I did certain things people would look at it, consider it and then say "f off". But after a while you can get away with things.

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Art is the closest you can ge...

Art is the closest you can get to immortality, though it's a poor substitute - you're working for people not yet born - and people want it because it is brilliant. It ends up in museums anyway; the rich have to give it back to the people, it's their only option. There are no pockets in a shroud.

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What I really like is minimum...

What I really like is minimum effort for maximum effect.

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Sensation is an element of wh...

Sensation is an element of what I do, and why not? It's not sensational for the sake of being sensational, but it's sensational art... It's like touching skin.

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But then architects don't bui...

But then architects don't build their own houses.

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Even as a kid in drawing clas...

Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, It cant be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it. Thats kind of stuck with me.

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Art goes on in your head. If ...

Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write it down.

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