Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.
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I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.Lucian Freud
A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.
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The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.
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Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin.
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The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.
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