The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.
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Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much.Lucian Freud
I want paint to work as flesh.
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Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.
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The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.
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I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.
Lucian Freud
It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.
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