"I suppose the fact that I'm seen as a celebrity has gone against my chances of being in the next Documenta," she laughs, pretending she doesn't give a hoot, when, of course, she does. "And I know some curators and art historians think that art and celebrity just don't mix, but I say, "Join the 21st century." You don't have to be starving in a garret any more. I mean, nobody goes on about it when blokes wear nice clothes. Anselm Kiefer? He has a nice house, nice clothes. Gilbert & George, beautiful house, beautiful tailor-made suits. All those, I forget their names, big German guys with their cigars and Armani suits, what's the fucking problem?"

> It's a vision of hell, sometimes, being me - Tracey Emin in gesprek met de Guardian, ter gelegenheid van haar deze week geopende tentoonstelling in de Londense White Cube.