A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.
More Quotes from Lucian Freud:
I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.Lucian Freud
When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.
Lucian Freud
Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.
Lucian Freud
The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.
Lucian Freud
I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong.
Lucian Freud
The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement.
Lucian Freud
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