Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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