Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle. Votes: 9
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish. Votes: 9
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible. Votes: 8
I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art. Votes: 8
Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really. Votes: 7
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. Votes: 5
The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century. Votes: 3
I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings. Votes: 3
The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings. Votes: 2
If you speak of beauty, you are at once suspected of...kitsch. Votes: 0
Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle... Votes: 0
I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded. Votes: 0
I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings. Votes: 0