Author: Lucian Freud

Quotes

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

- Lucian Freud

I want paint to work as flesh.

I want paint to work as flesh.

- Lucian Freud

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

- Lucian Freud

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

- Lucian Freud

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

- Lucian Freud

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

- Lucian Freud

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