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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.

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Me , Feel , I Am , Child


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.

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  You , Money , Better , Painting


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.

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Never , Growing Up , Three , House


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

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Me , Think , Escape , Painting


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

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Never , Painting , Finish , Deadline


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

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Love , Living , I Love , Quite


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.

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  More , Think , Mine , Place


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

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  Always , Feel , London , Outsider


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

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  About , Painting , Perfection , Perfect


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.

Author: Peter Doig - Scottish Artist
  You , Think , Space , Painting


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