To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
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I have no ideas about what the paintings imply about the world. I don't think that's a painter's business. He just paints paintings without a conscious reason.
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Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and I prefer neither.
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