“Maybe if they didnt tense up, always need to be competitive, always need to be i…” — Grayson Perry

I think that democracy has a lowest common denominator thing going on, so it might be the best of a bad bunch of political systems; but as a way of making art, actually, its not always that great, because it boils everything down.

I operate on anger quite a lot. Its what gets me up in the morning to make art quite often. Well, irritation at least.

Im as masculine as the next man - get me on the mountain bike and Im vicious.

I think I grew up in an 'acultural' household - no books, no paintings, never went to an art gallery. I say that, but of course we had the TV.