‘Already in the early Sixties, I was cutting out from magazines the pictures that inspired me, building an image bank that referenced fashion, art, architecture, interior design, graphic design, dance, film – every aspect of the creative and performing arts. I followed my instincts and, in so doing, established the foundations on which I have built my life.’

‘Among the diverse figures who have fired my imagination are Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Eileen Gray, Oscar Wilde and Raymond Chandler, Gustav Klimt and Andy Warhol, Veruschka and Sarah Bernhardt, Cecil Beaton and Helmut Newton, Jacques Doucet and Yves Saint Laurent.... The list goes on, and of course includes numerous other artists, photographers, and designers, remarkable collectors, dealers, and curators, but also songwriters, composers, dancers....’