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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/when-i-was-growing-up-i-never-felt-that-i-belonged-anywhere-because/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-do-feel-scottish-in-some-way-maybe-it-s-to-do-with-visiting-my/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

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## Other authors on Anywhere

## More by Peter Doig

> [A photo is like a map, a way of giving me a foot into a kind of reality I want... I'm not trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/a-photo-is-like-a-map-a-way-of-giving-me-a-foot-into-a-kind-of/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/painting-doesn-t-have-a-function-not-in-the-way-that-music-or-film/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/it-s-still-an-escape-for-me-painting-so-it-also-takes-me-elsewhere-i/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [I'm not one of those artists having people there lying around on their paintings, you know, like Hockney or whoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-m-not-one-of-those-artists-having-people-there-lying-around-on/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [There could be a hundred paintings in every one painting, depending on when you stop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/there-could-be-a-hundred-paintings-in-every-one-painting-depending-on/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-think-if-i-was-trinidadian-i-would-latch-more-on-to-the-myths-and/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [When I was growing up, I never felt that I belonged anywhere because we never lived in a house for more than three months.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/when-i-was-growing-up-i-never-felt-that-i-belonged-anywhere-because/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/how-do-you-complete-a-painting-really-there-are-paintings-by-so-many/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-would-never-finish-a-painting-if-i-didnt-have-a-deadline/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-constantly-have-to-negotiate-with-my-doubts/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/if-you-are-someone-like-jeff-koons-and-you-have-to-work-out-how-to/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/you-cannot-just-be-working-in-a-vast-air-conditioned-loft-space-and/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [As an artist, you are aware there is this strange money market out there, but you have no sense of how it works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/as-an-artist-you-are-aware-there-is-this-strange-money-market-out/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-sometimes-wish-i-had-never-had-to-sell-a-painting-every-painting/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

> [I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-doig/i-also-learned-that-you-are-affected-by-your-environment-even-if-you/)

[Peter Doig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-doig/)

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