Best 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… All
- The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster. Absolute
- A moment of complete happiness never occurs in the creation of a work of art. The promise of it is felt in the act of… Act
- Were it not for this [dissatisfaction], the perfect painting might be painted, on the completion of which the painter could retire. It is this great… Becomes
- I use the gallery as if it were a doctor. I come for ideas and help - to look at situations within painting, rather than… Doctor
- I work from the people that interest me, and that I care about, in rooms that I live in and know. I use the people… Care
- If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice. All
- It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out. Artist
- The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. Artist
- 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… Art
- A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. Entirely
- My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings. Autobiographical
- The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. Aura
- 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… Art
- The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. Abstract
- Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid. Avoid
- I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable. Believable
- And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be… Accurate
- I want paint to work as flesh. Flesh
- 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… Accurate
- 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… All
- 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… Distinction
- Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen. Convince
- 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… All