"Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker."

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Source : "My Paintings are Battles". Interview with Susanne Beyer, Ulrike Knöfel, www.spiegel.de. January 25, 2013.

Georg Baselitz

#Past Quotes #Facts Quotes #Paint Quotes

“It was a hollow victory they gave me. A crown...it was the girl I prayed them for. Your sister, safe... and mine again as she was meant to be. I ask you, Ned, what good is it to wear a crown?”
“I wanted to show that an African-American artist could make it in this country on a national level in the graphic arts. I want to be a strong role model for my family and for other African Americans.”
“I love writing for myself. I read them [my stories], I cry over them sometimes.”
“Let's just keep asking ourselves this question: 'Is what I'm about to do strengthening the web of connections, or is it weakening it?'”
“Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.”
“Whatever country you go to, you need to definitely follow the rules. So I believe it's very important for people, wherever they go, any immigrant should know or should try to learn something about the culture.”
“I feel like I've been way overexposed in the press. I'd rather play shows and represent myself in person.”
“So with the stretch of the white road before me, Shining snow crystals rainbowed by the sun, Fields that are white, stained with long, cool, blue shadows, Strong with the strength of my horse as we run. Joy in the touch of the wind and the sunlight! Joy! With the vigorous earth I am one.”

Source : Amy Lowell (2009). “A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass”, p.16, ReadHowYouWant.com

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