What did Lucian Freud mean by: The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. Lucian Freud Painter · Germany Copy
The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Creation, Interpretation, Separation, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait. Author, June 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Lucian Freud, Autobiography, Identity, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Connection, Expression, Identity, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Energy, Identity, Presence, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
The painter’s obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Art, Motivation, Obsession, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Art, Discomfort, Provocation, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that’s something that can’t be taught. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lucian Freud, Concentration, Secret, Self-improvement, 0 Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
