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Lucian Freud quotes

British Artist December 8, 1922 – July 20, 2011

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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
Lucian Freud quote: "The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of..."
The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art. Lucian Freud
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
The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice. Lucian Freud
I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and..."
My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to..."
As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs..."
The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. Lucian Freud
I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do. Lucian Freud
Since the model he so faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture... it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "I want paint to work as flesh."
I want paint to work as flesh. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want..."
Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a..."
When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them...."
I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them. Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud quote: "I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly..."
I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be. Lucian Freud

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