#pain

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. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#ask #grow #him #himself #life

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#him #his #needs #obsession #painter

I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#am #art #doing #end #i

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#excite #irrespective #matter #me #paintings

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't. ↗

— Lucian Freud

#choice #gives #i #look #me

Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along. ↗

— Antoine Fuqua

#along #ass #bruce #camera #get

I have always enjoyed drawing and painting but I don't always find the time to do much these days. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#days #drawing #enjoyed #find #i

Even though it has been very painful, lots of opportunities have come forward journalistically. Once all of this blows over, I think it might actually help that I have gotten this attention. ↗

— Jeff Gannon

#attention #been #blows #come #even

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. ↗

— George Eliot

#conscientious #course #duty #most #painful

All of my books come from pain. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#come #pain