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 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.
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.
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.
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.