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Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is read more
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other.
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and read more
When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
A great artist is always before his time or behind it.
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes read more
When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith read more
In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.
The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad
originals.
The only good copies are those which exhibit the defects of bad
originals.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
