The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me.

Not everybody is going to love what you do, but you have to be yourself, that's what's most important. Bring it as hard as you can.

My great love is my home county of Cornwall, I love to sit and watch people enjoying themselves on the beaches and in the harbour towns of Cornwall.

Art came fluidly, so I was able to teach myself many of the things I thought were important by copying and mimicking my artistic idols.

I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

I have lived in Cornwall from the age of 4, so I have always been aware of the artistic heritage that the county has. I feel very proud to be able to connect to this.

I have improved the way in which I paint. The colours are cleaner and there is more energy in the brush work.

The important thing isn't that your technically great, I think it's the power of your expression.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

Speak with your own voice and be as unique as you possibly can.

The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea.

Be encouraged to Soulfully affirm all that is duty bound to unfold in your life.

Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto.

The Communists have for decades loudly proclaimed their goal of destroying the bourgeois world, while the West merely smiled at what seemed to be an extravagant joke.

History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.

The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.

Be fruitful, and multiply.

It's always awkward when someone doesn't realize you're joking and devotes thought time to what you've said. Double that when the person is wearing tinfoil.

I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

I love working with my dad, but I need to be independent and do my own stuff.

Comedy is easy. First, people have to fall down. Next, include someone a little hefty. It's a hoot.