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Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and read more
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and read more
Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious.
Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong read more
Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong shade of oxblood that is known as Bruges red.
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid read more
The work of art, just like any fragment of human life considered in its deepest meaning, seems to me devoid of value if it does not offer the hardness, the rigidity, the regularity, the luster on every interior and exterior facet, of the crystal.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.
Mine was the role of the oilcan in making the machinery clunk around.
