Author: Fernando Botero

Quotes

I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.

I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.

- Fernando Botero

Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.

Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.

- Fernando Botero

People say, 'What a discipline, painting so much.' I say, 'No, I love it.' Nothing amuses me as much as my work. To have discipline would be not to paint.

People say, 'What a discipline, painting so much.' I say, 'No, I love it.' Nothing amuses me as much as my work. To have discipline would be not to paint.

- Fernando Botero

In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say.

In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say.

- Fernando Botero

The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.

The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.

- Fernando Botero

My work is a self-portrait of my mind, a prism of my convictions.

My work is a self-portrait of my mind, a prism of my convictions.

- Fernando Botero

You paint what you know best; what you went through as a teenager and child. My world is the one I got to know in Medellin; I never paint anything else other than that.

You paint what you know best; what you went through as a teenager and child. My world is the one I got to know in Medellin; I never paint anything else other than that.

- Fernando Botero

I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.

I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day.

- Fernando Botero

I love my country, and it hurts not to be able to see my country, as I did for so many years. I hope that I will one day be able to live in a peaceful Colombia.

I love my country, and it hurts not to be able to see my country, as I did for so many years. I hope that I will one day be able to live in a peaceful Colombia.

- Fernando Botero

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