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January 08, 2007

Some Thoughts on Painting

“The painter makes real to others his innermost feelings about all that he cares for. A secret becomes known to everyone who views the picture through the intensity with which it is felt. The painter must give a completely free rein to any feelings or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn. A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure”

Lucian Freud, Some Thoughts on Painting 1954

Posted by john at January 8, 2007 10:35 PM

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