When I'm on vacation, I go to art shops. I look at other sculptures, magazines and books. It's all about imagination.

They get the idea in their heads that there are other kinds of art.

We don't want closed shops. These are open studios where the public is invited in to see how the art gets made. That's the ethos of the whole (NTC Promenade) project.

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

There are some excellent city shops, but watch out for the big box stores where guy selling you skis today is moving onto patio furniture next month.

My high school coach convinced me to go. He said it's basically like a paid vacation and I was like 'OK.' I came out here and knew it was the right place.