I have a tendency to break rules and shake things up. I would say that with me people never know what is real and what is fiction. And I like that because reality is relative.

All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.

Pop is about speaking everybody's language. The imagery and iconography we instantly recognize. When you can rely on things that the public already knows, you're dealing with Pop.

Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.

I'm like a circus standing on two legs.

I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.

I'm a Baroque person. More than Baroque, I'm a Rococo person. I don't draw straight lines.

For me, every week is a fashion week.

My childhood was a drag show!

France, stop throwing awards at me! I have so many already, give them to people who need them.

A red nose is the clown's mask and my moustache is mine.

I want to be able to love you, more than I fear losing you, and I don’t know how.

MIND & GRINDSelf-belief and hard work can propel you past more talented peers

To be extremely self-centred, only interested in your own satisfaction, always brings negative consequences in the long run.

I've learned that every great achievement was once considered impossible

Things may look different to you than they did before. I've had that experience myself. But don't let appearances fool you. There's only one reality.

My biggest celebrity crush is either Ryan Reynolds or Caleb Followill, the lead singer of Kings of Leon.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

All the rich families who used to own all the British estates have gone bust because their children have blown their money.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

Uncertainty is the friend of the buyer of long term values.