Everything in my career is my decision - every picture, every outfit. You get one chance at this, and I never saw myself as being a puppet.
There was never a point in my life where I gave up. My marriage, as you know, fell apart.
There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I've often thought, 'Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden Age painters, the early 19th century painters, the way they could paint a landscape - absolutely beautiful.'

