Author: Lucian Freud

Quotes

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 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

I want paint to work as flesh.

I want paint to work as flesh.

- Lucian Freud

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

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

There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.

There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.

- Lucian Freud

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