Frank Auerbach

Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis.

Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis.

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.

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.

Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.

Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.

The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave read more

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.