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Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt read more
I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
Of all lies, art is the least untrue.
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.
So-called art restoration is at least as tricky as brain surgery. Most pictures expire under scalpel and sponge.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
