Maxioms by Frank Auerbach
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.
I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of read more
I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.
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.
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.
Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.
Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.