"While we were touring America, I took a photocopied picture of Audrey Hepburn everywhere we went. I had been in love with Audrey ever since me and my sister watched her in Two for the Road, a film with Albert Finney.
We loved her purely for her sunglasses and outfits.
Shewasvery beautiful butalso sweet andkindof awkward. She suited the person I thought I wasatthe time.
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But my thoughts about women like Audrey Hepburn remained in the realm of aesthetics, even sculpture. When I think about the female form, it's something other than sexual attraction. For me, it's about observing proportions, shapeand how the face is put together.
In thehistoryof art therehave been thousands of sculptures inspired by particular areas ofthe female body - the lower back orthe spot wherethehip begins to extend from the waist. That'swhymany artists, such as Degas and Picasso, were obsessed with ballet and dance.
So my relationship with Audrey was purely aesthetic."
