"Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with."

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Source : Frank Auerbach, Hayward Gallery, Fruit Market Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain (1978). “Frank Auerbach: catalogue of an exhibtion held at the Hayward Gallery, London, 4 May - 2 July 1978, Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh, 15 July 12 August, 1978”

Frank Auerbach

#Artist Quotes #Should Quotes #Materials Quotes

“If I'm using drugs and alcohol, it means that I've given up on my fullest potential.”
“For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?”

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.13, A&C Black
“If you had seen me back in high school, there's no way you would have ever said I would become an author or teacher because I was a horrible student.”
“My path, my life, my career has really been a journey from moving from, in a sense, darkness to light. From pain to joy through the experience of yoga and meditation. It's an ongoing adventure that's unfolding every day.”
“My legacy doesn't matter. It isn't important that I be remembered. It's important that when I stand before the Lord, he says, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' I want to finish strong.”
“I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance.”

Source : "Weapons Hunt". Interview with Kwame Holman, www.pbs.org. January 28, 2004.
“As a comedian, I have the gift of looking at something a bit differently and making it funny. I'm not sure why I can do that, but that's as simple as I can put it.”
“Forget everything you've ever learned about the stars and they'll once more be transformed into angels, or into children, or into whatever you want to believe at that moment. It won't make you more stupid - after all, it's only a game - but it could enrich your life.”

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