“Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.”

“I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?”

“I'm not gonna give the British Government the joy of keeping taxing me. They don't tax art. And all my cars are just a collection of art.”

“Your private life is your private life and you keep it to yourself. You get more respect that way.”