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It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

~Peter Doig

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When I was growing up, I never felt that I belonged anywhere because we never lived in a house for more than three months. That's all I knew, and that's why I don't really belong anywhere.

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I do feel Scottish in some way. Maybe it's to do with visiting my grandparents here every summer as a child, but I am aware of my Scottish ancestry. It's there all right, but it would be pushing it to label me a Scottish painter. Or, indeed, an anywhere painter.

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I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

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I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

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I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

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I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner.

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It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

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I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

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You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable.

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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