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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love. There are simply different ways of doing it.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in PBS episode of American Masters
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unconcerned but not indifferent