Whether I'm painting or not.....

Whether I'm painting or not, I have this overweening interest in humanity. Even if I'm not working, I'm still analyzing people.-Alice Neel

I paint to make...

I paint to make money for a double wide mobile home I have been eyein for about three years now. It's got a bath and a half in it."-Kelly Moore

"In working,

"In working, he empties himself. He steps up to view, withdraws to see."Diako

I need the city;

i need the city; I need to know there are people around me strolling, arguing, f**king—living, and yet I go out very rarely; I stay here in my cage by Francis Bacon

An illustrational form tells you

An illustrational form tells you through the intelligence immediately what the form is about, whereas a non-illustrational form works first upon sensation and then slowly leaks back into the fact. by Francis Bacon

You see, painting...

You see, painting has now become, or all art has now become completely a game, by which man distracts himself. What is fascinating actually is, that it's going to become much more difficult for the artist, because he must really deepen the game to become any good at all by Francis Bacon

All artists are vain...

All artists are vain, they long to be recognised and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free by Francis Bacon