Children Quote by Stella Vine

I do have a very, very big problem with someone who saw me coming and exploited me as a mascot.

— Stella Vine

I like strong/vulnerable interesting women, and then sometimes I like painting beautiful men, like Kurt Cobain, or Mr Darcy.

— Stella Vine

I wanted my work to be seen for free in a public space, I want to be up there with Pollock and de Kooning,…

— Stella Vine

Perhaps the people I choose to paint are often objects of derision - celebrity is a bit of a put-down term, isn't it? But…

— Stella Vine

I had been painting Kate Moss for a long time, both before the time of her crisis and during it. I felt very strongly…

— Stella Vine

Even in the most horrendous situations there is always something to smile about.

— Stella Vine

I'm looking forward to being old, to be able to accept what I am and become self-sufficient. Mid-forties is a good age and it's…

— Stella Vine

Books are my one luxury. I have a lot of large coffee-table-size art books, in the shelves above my bed, about people like Warhol,…

— Stella Vine

I think there is a total equality for me between painting a literary figure or Kate Moss or my Mum or a dog or…

— Stella Vine

A common misperception of me is that I am a victim. I am not a victim. I am just honest about how things affect…

— Stella Vine

My working hours are not that conventional. I often get up about two in the morning and do a painting, and then I'll have…

— Stella Vine

On Christmas Day I'll head off for a couple of laps around the Serpentine, or a trek around the whole of Hyde Park. Or…

— Stella Vine