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I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

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I hate painting.

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I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.

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I don't really have a historical overview of my work at all. I'm not an art historian. I don't see that there's this period and that period.

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I don't think you can lightly paint a picture. It's an activity I take very seriously.

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I think words come between the spectator and the picture.

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Matisse was very clear about saying that you have to blow your own trumpet and explain yourself, which I think has been slightly forgotten.

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I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'

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In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.

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A collection makes its own demands. Many artists have been collectors. I think of it rather as an illness. I felt it was using up too much energy.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Artist

Born: August 6th, 1932

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