#paint

I paint what I see, not what a camera would see. ↗

— John Dyer

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The paintings by Van Gough and Chagall had a big influence on me. ↗

— John Dyer

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

— Lucian Freud

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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. ↗

— Lucian Freud

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

— Lucian Freud

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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

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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

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Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#actor #artist #great #me #musician

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase. ↗

— Diane Lane

#drawing #grew #horse #horses #i