portraitpainting
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“I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.” — Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat in his studio, New York, 1982. Photo by Gianfranco Gorgoni © Maya Gorgoni.
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“Good artists do not copy, great artists do not steal.”
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“Just because a piece of art sold doesn’t mean it’s good.”
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What are you trying to prove?
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“Good artists do not copy, great artists do not steal.”
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“The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleasure; it’s a little like making love, the physical act of love.”
Francis Bacon
Study After Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X
1953
Oil on canvas
60 × 46 in
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“Art is the lie that tells the truth.”
Pablo Picasso
Nature morte à la fenêtre
1932
oil on canvas
51 x 63 7/8 in.
Price realised
USD 41,810,000