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Me Quotes by Lucian Freud
- I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being…
- I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit…
- 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.…
- 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. There…
- 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
- As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does
- The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter
- 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…
- 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…
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- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale