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There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.


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There is no beauty, if it doesn't show some of the terribleness of life.

There is no beauty, if it doesn't show some of the terribleness of life.



No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of. The pleasure of what it could mean and the pain of what it's not.

No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of. The pleasure of what it could mean and the pain of what it's not.



My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information.

My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information.



I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.

I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.



Drawings are only a few lines on paper. Therefore it's easy to carry around in plastic bags. Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don't pretend they'll last forever.

Drawings are only a few lines on paper. Therefore it's easy to carry around in plastic bags. Drawings are cheaper than paintings. They don't pretend they'll last forever.



At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it's all about.

At the moment my art is situated between the pornographic tendency to reveal everything and the erotic inclination to hide what it's all about.



I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.



I'm always so sick of myself after a show.

I'm always so sick of myself after a show.



I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.

I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.



I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.

I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.





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I guess that’s the beauty of books. When they finish they don’t really finish.



That's why I won't give up! I'll continue to move forward because I believe!

That's why I won't give up! I'll continue to move forward because I believe!



It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to complain and shrink or are you going to step into your greatness?

It doesn't matter what happens to you. What matters is, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to complain and shrink or are you going to step into your greatness?



Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.

Whatever they did, the Elysians were careful never to be vehement.



To be successful one must make change an ongoing process. Quality is a race with no finish line.

To be successful one must make change an ongoing process. Quality is a race with no finish line.



I've never asked for a happy ending

I've never asked for a happy ending



Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.



In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.



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A noble book! all men's book!

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