A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art. (Lucian Freud)

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

Lucian Freud

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