Frank Auerbach Quotes on pain

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painter's imagination... view

By: Frank Auerbach

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The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style... view

By: Frank Auerbach

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It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning... view

By: Frank Auerbach

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