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Quotes by Artist
"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."
92
"Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn."
88
"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."
71
"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."
65
"I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."
63
"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."
61
"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."
60
"The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself."
58
"There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad."
56
"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."
54
"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."
53
"Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous."
51
"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."
50
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."
49
"The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown."
47
"You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo."
42
"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."
41
"He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder."
40
"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid."
39
"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."
39
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