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Quotes by Artist
"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language."
178
"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."
174
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
167
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
163
"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."
151
"Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn."
151
"I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."
150
"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."
145
"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."
142
"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."
140
"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."
136
"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous."
126
"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."
126
"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."
121
"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder."
119
"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown."
119
"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
117
"I painted the picture, and in the colors the rhythm of the music quivers. I painted the colors I saw."
116
"From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born."
114
"And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway."
114
"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."
113
"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."
110
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