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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… — Clive Barker
• My early paintings weren't that good - I was very influenced by Francis Bacon. But there was a kind of intensity there.… — Julian Schnabel
• That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled… — Edward Coke
• But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools… — Mark Rylance
• I like Francis Bacon best, because Francis Bacon has terrific problems, and he knows that he is not going to solve them,… — Louise Bourgeois
• It's not name dropping, but not many people can say, like me, that they spent the day with the likes of Francis… — Jeffrey Bernard
• I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's… — Lucian Freud
• Francis Bacon is one of my giant inspirations. I just love him to pieces. — David Lynch
• I always say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is my biggest influence. But for painters, I like many, many painters, but I love Francis Bacon… — David Lynch
• Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst… — Jerry Saltz
• When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is… — Jerry Saltz
• Well, for that matter, I was also a good friend of Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Francis Bacon, Albert Einstein, and John, Paul,… — Alyson Noel

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