"A moment of complete happiness never occurs in……" — Lucian Freud
"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 creation but disappears towards the completion of the work. For it is then the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting. Until then he had almost dared to hope the picture might spring to life."
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Lucian Freud
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49 Quotes by Lucian Freud
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The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.
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The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.
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I want paint to work as flesh... my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a…
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I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a…
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I don't want any colour to be noticeable... I don't want it to operate in the modernist sense as colour,…
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The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. The…
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I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and…
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I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to…
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I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but…
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When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit…
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I have a timetable, but no routine.
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The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to…
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