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Lucian Freud quotes: As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does.

Lucian Freud quotes: My work is purely autobiographical ... It is about myself and my surroundings.

My work is purely autobiographical ... It is about myself and my surroundings.

Lucian Freud quotes: Sometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.

Sometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.

Lucian Freud quotes: The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable.

The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable.

Lucian Freud quotes: I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

Lucian Freud quotes: Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems.

Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems.

Lucian Freud quotes: The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement.

The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement.

Lucian Freud quotes: A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

Lucian Freud quotes: The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.

The longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.

Lucian Freud quotes: The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

Lucian Freud quotes: What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince.

What do I ask of a painting? I ask it to astonish, disturb, seduce, convince.

Lucian Freud quotes: The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming

The process of creation becomes necessary to the painter perhaps more than is the picture. The process in fact is habit-forming

Lucian Freud quotes: A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Lucian Freud quotes: Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much.

Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much.

Lucian Freud quotes: It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

Lucian Freud quotes: I have a timetable, but no routine.

I have a timetable, but no routine.

Lucian Freud quotes: The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn.

Lucian Freud quotes: I want paint to work as flesh.

I want paint to work as flesh.

Lucian Freud quotes: I use the gallery as if it were a doctor. I come for ideas and help - to look at situations within painting, rather than paintings.

I use the gallery as if it were a doctor. I come for ideas and help - to look at situations within painting, rather than paintings.

Lucian Freud quotes: The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

The only secret I can claim to have is concentration, and that's something that can't be taught.

Lucian Freud quotes: The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.

Lucian Freud quotes: Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.

Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.

Lucian Freud quotes: The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.

The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.

Lucian Freud quotes: When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.

Lucian Freud quotes: The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster.

The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster.

Lucian Freud quotes: You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my fellow animals: in their minds and bodies.

You ask why I'm fascinated by the human figure? As a human animal, I am interested in some of my fellow animals: in their minds and bodies.

Lucian Freud quotes: I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness.

I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness.

Lucian Freud quotes: I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable.

I never think about my style but just try and make the pictures look believable.

Lucian Freud quotes: Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.

Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid.

Lucian Freud quotes: I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.

Lucian Freud quotes: The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh.

The aura given out by a person or object is as much a part of them as their flesh.