Frank Auerbach

I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in read more

I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it.

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the read more

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.

It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one read more

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.

I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, read more

I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, a desire for a free and creative life.