When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
A lot of what Trinidad is about is the feeling of the place, the atmosphere of the place, particularly at night, and the mystery… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I just hope that when black people look at me, they don't see someone superhuman. They see themselves. — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I'm black, and it's a very important part of what I am. I'm not embarrassed about it. — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
The studio is a place where I can experiment before I'm prepared for an idea to become a body of work, or a new… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say even that I'm a broadly political person. But on occasion, I have felt that I have no choice but to paint… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense - and… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
