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Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.


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I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to it and also you get excited by it.

I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to it and also you get excited by it.



Seeing a play, listening to music - you'll always contextualize it in your own way. Whoever you are, wherever you are; I think that's really important.

Seeing a play, listening to music - you'll always contextualize it in your own way. Whoever you are, wherever you are; I think that's really important.



I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.

I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.



It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.



What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.

What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.



How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.



I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.



There could be a hundred paintings in every one painting, depending on when you stop.

There could be a hundred paintings in every one painting, depending on when you stop.



It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?



I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline.

I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline.





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A classical work doesn't ever have to be understood entirely. But those who are educated and who are still educating themselves must desire to learn more and more from it.

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