Amanda Harlech

I am not good wife material because I'm fiercely independent and like to go off and do my own thing. ”

My earliest childhood memory is watching the sunlight through a jar of amber full of wasps. ”

I don't think I am a proud person, but I think my children are incredible... I think I am part of that. ”

I think the artistic process comes from disorder. When you are happy, it's not always a feeling that you can identify. It's like a dog sitting in front of a fire. Pain isolates you, but it can also clarify things. ”

People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they wouldn't actually make things, get their hands dirty. I don't think I'm a muse, although I think I can help pull a trigger. I really like getting my hands dirty. ”