I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.
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Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.Balthus
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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