Lucian Freud quotes - page 2

It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out. (Lucian Freud)
I want paint to work as flesh. View quote
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The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice. View quote
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Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen. View quote
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There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so. View quote
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Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much. View quote
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I have a hatred of habit and routine. And what dogs love is just that. They like regular everything, and I don't have regular anything. View quote
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I use the gallery as if it were a doctor. I come for ideas and help - to look at situations within painting, rather than paintings. View quote
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