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Lucian Freud Quotes
Page 2 of 2Lucian Freud
December 8, 1922 -
Nationality: British
Category: Artist
Subcategory: British Artist
|  Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much. | | The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh. | | 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. | | I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them. | | Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid. |
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