What did Lucian Freud mean by: The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that’s something that can’t be taught. - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany Copy
+ A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Being There, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ The painter’s obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Artist, Obsession, 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 Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Artist, Flesh, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Convince, Painting, Seduction, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Art, Motivational, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ The character of the artist doesn’t enter into the nature of the art Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Art, Artist, Character, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Artist, Auras, Flesh, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
+ The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Lucian Freud, Artist, Purpose, Tasks, 0 - Lucian Freud Painter · Germany
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
If a secret is revealed, the person who has confided it to another is to be blamed. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We confide our secret to a friend, but in love it escapes us. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Don’t only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets. - Ludwig van Beethoven Composer · Germany
