"I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts."

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Source : Peter Doig, Carré d'art/Musée d'art contemporain de Nîmes (2003). “Peter Doig: Charley's space”, Hatje Cantz Publishers

Peter Doig

“His mind is so open - so open that ideas simply pass through it.”
“For me, living in the closet corroded my ability to have an honest, open relationship with my God, my loved ones, my constituency and myself.”
“Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.”
“I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that I'm having a love affair with her. Of course that's rubbish. I'm not a playboy!”
“No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.”
“A lot of people say if you can't love yourself, then you can't love others. It's always different, but I definitely have loved a lot in my life.”
“If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.”

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