I take medication every day for mental illness and depression and don't feel bad about it.
I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.
There should be something revelatory about art. It should be totally creative and open doors for new thoughts and experiences.
Art is like a lover whom you run away from but who comes back and picks you up.
Most people don't do something seminal. I've done it twice: with my tent and my bed. Picasso did it with Cubism.
When I have an exhibition, I usually arrange it so that if people want to, they can spend two hours there. That way, people who like it don't feel cheated when they go. I want them to walk into the exhibition space and look low and at other levels and angles. The same with emotions. I want them to be emotionally manipulated, to come out feeling something. I want them to laugh, smile, feel sad. Even if they feel angry, that's okay.
I like poor materials. I couldn't see myself making a bronze sculpture - it's not me. I like neon, because it's moving constantly and like drawing. The chemicals going through the neon turns me on really - it's sexy. I like fabrics, but one of the main things with objects is that I really have to love them before I can use them. I have to have the object around me a long time. The little chairs I used in my last White Cube show are ones that my dad bought for me. A sort of a psychometry with objects and things. It's like the pieces I've made are my things.
Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga. They're worn in a parallel universe.
The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.
Things that influence me are my kids, their happiness, colorfulness, and vitality. My husband - he comes up with some great quotes and ideas. God - He is the Ultimate artist. And what I see around me - flowers, leaves, trees, birds, fruit, vegetables.
You're at the hotel and after that you go to the venue and sit there and wait.