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Marlene Dumas Quotes

The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, ‘Oh, that’s a bad drawing!’ Well, I didn’t say it was so wonderful Picture Quote #1

My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information Picture Quote #1

I think I am probably a lot like my father Picture Quote #1

I’m always so sick of myself after a show Picture Quote #1

There are these painterly things that happen while I’m working Picture Quote #1

What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so called figurative artists insist that what they really care about, is the abstract qualities of life Picture Quote #1

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No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of. The pleasure of what it could mean and the pain of what it’s not Picture Quote #1

Painting doesn’t freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns. Those who were first might well be last. Painting is a very slow art. It doesn’t travel with the speed of light. That’s why dead painters shine so bright Picture Quote #1

At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it’s all about Picture Quote #1

There is no beauty, if it doesn’t show some of the terribleness of life Picture Quote #1

I do think that I’m not good at making pretty things. It doesn’t come so naturally for me Picture Quote #1

I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim Picture Quote #1

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I am against: general ideas / the nude / the appropriation of images / the mystification of the untitled / the glorification of artistic doubt / the fuzzy edges of sensitivity / old sins / and useless guilt Picture Quote #1

Drawings are only a few lines on paper. Therefore it’s easy to carry around in plastic bags. Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don’t pretend they’ll last forever Picture Quote #1

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The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, ‘Oh, that’s a bad drawing!’ Well, I didn’t say it was so wonderful (Marlene Dumas Quotes) My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information (Marlene Dumas Quotes) I think I am probably a lot like my father (Marlene Dumas Quotes) I’m always so sick of myself after a show (Marlene Dumas Quotes) There are these painterly things that happen while I’m working (Marlene Dumas Quotes) What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so called figurative artists insist that what they really care about, is the abstract qualities of life (Marlene Dumas Quotes) No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of. The pleasure of what it could mean and the pain of what it’s not (Marlene Dumas Quotes) Painting doesn’t freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns. Those who were first might well be last. Painting is a very slow art. It doesn’t travel with the speed of light. That’s why dead painters shine so bright (Marlene Dumas Quotes) At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it’s all about (Marlene Dumas Quotes) There is no beauty, if it doesn’t show some of the terribleness of life (Marlene Dumas Quotes) I do think that I’m not good at making pretty things. It doesn’t come so naturally for me (Marlene Dumas Quotes) I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim (Marlene Dumas Quotes) I am against: general ideas / the nude / the appropriation of images / the mystification of the untitled / the glorification of artistic doubt / the fuzzy edges of sensitivity / old sins / and useless guilt (Marlene Dumas Quotes) Drawings are only a few lines on paper. Therefore it’s easy to carry around in plastic bags. Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don’t pretend they’ll last forever (Marlene Dumas Quotes)