When We Are No Longer Children, We

For Artists It's A Lot Easier To Make Art In Bad Times Than It Is In Good Times. When You've Got No Money It's Easy To Just Drink Your Way Through It And Make Great Art. But If You're Making Lots Of Money It Can Be Very Problematic.

A Painting Probably Is The Most Shocking Increase In Value, From What It Costs To Make To What You Sell It For.

I Always Try To Make Everyone Mellow Down, Make Sure Everybody's Happy. The People I Have Employed Have Always Kind Of Stayed With Us. A Lot Of People Who Come To Work For You Are Artists In Their Own Right. And They Want To Work For You Because They Want To Pick Something Up.

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.

So Smoking Is The Perfect Way To Commit Suicide Without Actually Dying. I Smoke Because It's Bad, It's Really Simple.