Francis Bacon Quotes
20 quotes by 15 authors
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The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also…
— Clive Barker
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My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there. And however influenced…
— Julian Schnabel
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That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were…
— Edward Coke
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But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and…
— Mark Rylance
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I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them, but he knows…
— Louise Bourgeois
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It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis Bacon or that…
— Jeffrey Bernard
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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…
— Lucian Freud
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Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces.
— David Lynch
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I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon the most, and…
— David Lynch
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Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop…
— Jerry Saltz
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When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and…
— Jerry Saltz
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Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul, George, and Ringo."…
— Alyson Noel
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Before he (Francis Bacon) came along, people conducted all their arguments through a series of logical fallacies or simply shouting louder than the other guy,…
— Kevin Hearne
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You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a…
— Peter Doig
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Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list…
— Dries van Noten
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I think that was very important to Bacon... personally. I think he went to great efforts to get a house for the Stratford man, to…
— Mark Rylance
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Burleigh, absolutely; and a lot about Elizabeth. I mean I found when I play Henry V a lot of connections with the hidden history of…
— Mark Rylance
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I remember when you used to have your profession on your passport and I always thought that being a painter was the best one to…
— Damien Hirst
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We all lose friends...we lose them in death, to distance and over time. But even though they may be lost, hope is not. The key…
— SweetangelUnknown
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But to me I find Francis Bacon the most likely candidate to be the author.
— Mark Rylance
Who Wrote These Francis Bacon Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 20 Francis Bacon Quotes as follows: