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Quotes by Artist
"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since."
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"I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self."
51
"I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."
49
"My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable."
46
"There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke."
45
"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."
43
"I should have considered it wrong to have finished the Frieze before the room for its accommodation and the funds for its completion were available."
42
"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous."
40
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
39
"A lot was happening, plus there were an enormous number of people in the industry that were going to conventions, so it was a pretty fun time. Also there was a lot of controversy and I was at the forefront of some of that."
38
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
37
"Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn."
37
"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
35
"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown."
35
"It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it."
33
"The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back."
32
"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."
31
"I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw."
31
"If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens."
31
"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder."
30
"I find that acrylics dry very fast - which is supposed to be its charm; however, I find that because of that quality they don't blend as nicely as the oils. The oils, for one thing, are softer and more flexible than the acrylics. Also, the colors are brighter with oils."
30
"It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal."
30
"And for every project, because it takes years, you can see the early drawings and collages as just a simple, vague idea, and through the years and through the negotiations of getting the permit, you see that every detail is now clarified."
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