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I Think Half The Point Of Painting A Picture Is That You Don't Know What Will Happen... That If Painters Did Know What Was Going To Happen They Wouldn't Bother To Do It.

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.

The Aura Given Out By A Person Or Object Is As Much A Part Of Them As Their Flesh.

I've Always Wanted To Create Drama In My Pictures, Which Is Why I Paint People. It's People Who Have Brought Drama To Pictures From The Beginning. The Simplest Human Gestures Tell Stories.

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.