Often I think changes within my work have been seen as sudden changes or sharp changes, but for me they're not that sudden. They have been there in the studio, but not so much in public. — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
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
