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"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
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"I want to die painting."
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"But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it."
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"Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal."
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"Well, I have a very simple method of painting."
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"Painting is a hobby for me."
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"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."
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"Writing and Painting are the same for me."
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"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
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"The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century."
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"Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish."
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"The chariot was purchased by a private collector who took it home to New York. I take pleasure in knowing that it was built to last for at least a thousand years."
Home
"The hoop is there to remind us not to jump through it, not to submit to someone else's control."
Control
"In practical terms the South Pointing Chariot was a simple direction finder. It could have been made to point in any direction - north, south, east or west."
Direction
"He was so tenacious he defied the distraction of women by refusing to have them in his presence, just as later in life he denied his blindness by calling for more and more candles."
Life
"The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south."
Man
"Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land."
Fantasy
"I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming."
Time
"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
Painting
"The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals."
Goal
"I think most artists find it difficult to part with their work but it's the parting that keeps us alive and keeps us working. In the case of the chariot, although it's been sold I actually still have it, just in another form."
Work
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