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"I want my pictures to be things. I want them to be made up of marks that are physically and individually self-sufficient."
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"I'd rather listen to what you think of yourself, than what the whole world has to say about you."
"Often when she liked a picture she found that she was liking some part of herself, some part of her that was in accord with the picture."
"If I follow a particular method of knowing myself, then I shall have the result which that system necessitates; but the result will obviously not be the understanding of myself."
"Forgive and set your self free. When we forgive, we heal our own anger and hurt and are able to let love lead again. It's like spring cleaning for our heart."
"In the history of history, there has never been someone with your particular genetic make-up or life experiences. This being the case, we have no reference points with which to compare ourselves, and therefore it is futile to attempt to measure yourself relative to others."
"Our mind speak to our souls about the lifestyle we should have. Nobody can dictate our souls because we only have control of our own character and ambition."
"You are the only one that is responsible for loving your life unconditionally, no matter the level of its flaws."
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"I am happy for people to talk about my pictures, but I wish devoutly that I was not expected to talk about them myself."
"Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten."
"I once was interviewed and got so exasperated that I said, 'What do you want, a shopping list?' They kept asking, 'What's in this picture?'"
"A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object."
"I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing."
"Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers."
"My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms."
"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."
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