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Lucian Freud Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh Picture Quote #1

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real Picture Quote #1

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The painter makes real to others his innermost feelings about all that he cares for. A secret becomes known to everyone who views the picture through the intensity with which it is felt Picture Quote #1

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The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that’s something that can’t be taught Picture Quote #1

I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does Picture Quote #1

I could never put anything into a picture that wasn’t actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness Picture Quote #1

I don’t want any colour to be noticeable... I don’t want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid Picture Quote #1

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The effect that they make in space is as bound up with them as might be their colour or smell... Therefore the painter must be as concerned with the air surrounding his subject as with the subject itself. It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out Picture Quote #1

I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don’t have regular anything. I have a timetable, but no routine Picture Quote #1

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It is the only point of getting up every morning: to paint, to make something good, to make something even better than before, not to give up, to compete, to be ambitious Picture Quote #1

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories Picture Quote #1

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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 (Lucian Freud Quotes) The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh (Lucian Freud Quotes) The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real (Lucian Freud Quotes) The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement (Lucian Freud Quotes) 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 (Lucian Freud Quotes) The painter makes real to others his innermost feelings about all that he cares for. A secret becomes known to everyone who views the picture through the intensity with which it is felt (Lucian Freud Quotes) The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that’s something that can’t be taught (Lucian Freud Quotes) I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them... As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does (Lucian Freud Quotes) I could never put anything into a picture that wasn’t actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness (Lucian Freud Quotes) I don’t want any colour to be noticeable... I don’t want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour, something independent... Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid (Lucian Freud Quotes) The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The effect that they make in space is as bound up with them as might be their colour or smell... Therefore the painter must be as concerned with the air surrounding his subject as with the subject itself. It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out (Lucian Freud Quotes) I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don’t have regular anything. I have a timetable, but no routine (Lucian Freud Quotes) It is the only point of getting up every morning: to paint, to make something good, to make something even better than before, not to give up, to compete, to be ambitious (Lucian Freud Quotes) A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure (Lucian Freud Quotes) I’ve always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It’s people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories (Lucian Freud Quotes)

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