Paul Emsley quotes:

I'm always worried about the sitter - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable? Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.

I'm developed as an artist to accept the fact there are different points of view, but I believe in what I do and I have to stay with that.

Critics have a job to do. I understand that. It's not just to criticize. They're trying to interpret art for the public.

I have painted and drawn bulls for some time because of their density and all the symbolism they carry.

As an artist, you do understand you're never going to please everybody.

I'm interested in the landscape of the face, the way in which light and shadow fall across the forms. That's really my subject matter.

I don't have lots of things in the background. I do like large faces. I find them strong and contemporary.

Photography today is so accurate and so good that it's really so much easier just to take photographs and work from them.

I'm always worried about the sitters - are they cold, are they hot, are they comfortable?