One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.Balthus
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.
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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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I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.
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The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.
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