Peter Doig quotes

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless. (Peter Doig)
What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way. View quote
Peter Doig
It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting? View quote
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It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise. View quote
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I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline. View quote
Peter Doig
I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting. View quote
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I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh. View quote
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You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable. View quote
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As an artist, you are aware there is this strange money market out there, but you have no sense of how it works. View quote
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If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big production involved. The money is more natural somehow. For me, I am just on my own in the studio, trying to make things work. One thing is sure: it doesn't make painting any easier. View quote
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I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider. (Peter Doig)