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“If I don't have anything better to do that day, I'll copy paintings, generally by people who have some relationship to the work of the moment.”

Wayne Thiebaud

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My subject matter was a genuine sort of experience that came out of my life, particularly the American world in which I was privileged to be . . . . I would really think of the bakery counters, of the way the counter was lit, where the pies were placed, but I wanted just a piece of the experience. From…

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I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

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Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.

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Morandi gave an intimate view of his deepest thoughts. We watched him inquiring after the devilish questions of essences and substances.

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