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+ My contribution to the world is my ability
to draw. I will draw as much as I can for
as many people as I can for as long as I can.
Drawing is still basically the same as it
has been since prehistoric times. It brings
together man and the world. It lives through
magic.
+ People were more interested in the phenomena
than the art itself. This, combined with the
growing interest in collecting art as an investment
and the resultant boom in the art market,
made it a difficult time for a young artist
to remain sincere without becoming cynical.
(during the 80s art boom) |
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I think art is good at looking back and looking
forward. I don't think art is good at looking
head-on. At the end of the day, people are
more important than paintings. |
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+ There comes a point where you see it all
as completely empty being a popular artist
to the extent that people who are not necessarily
interested in art know about things or take
some little interest. I think that now for
me it's a burden. It's a bit hard to deal
with and it wastes time as well.
+ When you're very young, you suddenly find
this marvellous freedom, it's quite exciting,
and you're prepared to do anything. |
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I prefer every time a picture composed and
painted outdoors. The thing is done without
your knowing it. |
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+ The whole world, as we experience it visually,
comes to us through the mystic realm of color.
+ Through a painting we can see the whole
world.
+ A work of art is a world in itself reflecting
senses and emotions of the artist's world.
+ It is not the form that dictates the color,
but the color that brings out the form. |
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+ Great art is the outward expression of an
inner life in the artist.
+ No amount of skillful invention can replace
the essential element of imagination.
+ If I could say it in words there would be
no reason to paint. |
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+ With its hacked contours, staring
interrogatory eyes, and general feeling of
instability, Les
Demoiselles is still a disturbing
painting after three quarters of a century,
a refutationof the idea that the surprise
of art, like the surprise of fasion, must
necessarily wear off. No painting ever looked
more convulsive. |
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