Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.

When we are honest - that's my saying - if we are honest then we will reveal ourselves. But we do not have to make an effort to be individualistic, different from others.

If you count my childhood appearances in a few TV shows and being the son of two well-known actor parents in the U.K., plus three years of drama school, you could say that I've been pretty much surrounded by the business of acting and performing my entire life.

As a family comedian, it is so wonderful seeing everyone from kids through to grandparents being entertained by you.

I'm the only one in my family who doesn't cook, but I can do a Swiss dish called frittatensuppe. You make a thin omelet from eggs, flour and parsley, then roll and cut it in the shape of tagliatelle and add broth. It's a tradition we adopted.

Our family was on the lunatic fringe. My mother was always completely irrepressible. My father made crowd noises into a microphone.