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The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

~Lucian Freud

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A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

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A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

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And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.

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As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

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Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.

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I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.

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I want paint to work as flesh.

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My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

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Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Artist

Born: December 8th, 1922

Died: July 20th, 2011

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