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> [If you ask people to remember a painting and a photograph, their description of the photograph is far more accurate than that of the painting. Strangely enough, there is a physical element intertwined with the painting. It shakes loose an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/if-you-ask-people-to-remember-a-painting-and-a-photograph-their/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

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## More by Luc Tuymans

> [When you feel concentrated within the intensity of making paintings, you know exactly what you are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/when-you-feel-concentrated-within-the-intensity-of-making-paintings/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [Life is politics, basically, but you don't just go to a gallery and put the words 'art' and 'politics' on the wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/life-is-politics-basically-but-you-don-t-just-go-to-a-gallery-and-put/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [All art is failure. How one fails is a different matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/all-art-is-failure-how-one-fails-is-a-different-matter/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [When I start to paint, it is real agony. I get nervous. The day before, I am already working up to it. Then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/when-i-start-to-paint-it-is-real-agony-i-get-nervous-the-day-before-i/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [When critics or art historians or curators ask me why I still paint, the answer is that I am not naive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/when-critics-or-art-historians-or-curators-ask-me-why-i-still-paint/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [Every painting has a weakness and a breaking point, where the essence of a painting lies. In my case it is never in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/every-painting-has-a-weakness-and-a-breaking-point-where-the-essence/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [If you ask people to remember a painting and a photograph, their description of the photograph is far more accurate than that of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/if-you-ask-people-to-remember-a-painting-and-a-photograph-their/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [An artwork should point in more than one direction, not be this sort of placating, self-demonstrating, witnessing element.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/an-artwork-should-point-in-more-than-one-direction-not-be-this-sort/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [Painted time is a different zone. This is why I don't believe that a painting - although I've been accused of it many times…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/painted-time-is-a-different-zone-this-is-why-i-don-t-believe-that-a/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

> [It is not important to convince people; they should convince themselves, they should look with their own eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luc-tuymans/it-is-not-important-to-convince-people-they-should-convince/)

[Luc Tuymans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luc-tuymans/)

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