On Painting,

Sir Winston Churchill said: ' I prefer landscapes. A tree doesn't complain that I haven't done it justice.' And: 'I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. '

Victoria, I was saying to Robert that when Camilla Parker-Bowles was introduced to Prince Charles upon meeting the Prince for the first time, she said : ' Sir, my Great-great-Aunt was your Great-great-Grandfather's Mistress, so how about it then ? and so as we know, Camilla became Prince Charles's Mistress. If one day I ever meet the Prince of Wales, I would say to him: ' Sir, my Great-great-grand Aunt painted your Great-great-Grandfather's portrait so how about it then ? ' And probably I too, would become his Court portrait painter. This is in reality true. My Great-great-Grand Aunt Maria Spilsbury painted the Prince when he was regent.

Actually... I do like browns specially against the green grass, the colours I feel sorry for, are the greys. I cannot stand the greys, they made me feel the grey skies from outside, sorrow and rain, it makes me think of dark dungeons. Maybe the only way I could live with them is.... if they are contrasted against a red colour, a bit like the red London buses in a grey rainy day, or for that matter, a red letter box or a red phone booth, I know greys are important in every artist palette as grey is a neutral colour but there is something in my psichic that prohibits me to use grey, being just the muddy result of mixing 3 colours, in fact, any three colours you mix will give you a grey.