In France, in Europe, the young artists of any generation always act as grandsons of some great man - Poussin, for example, or Victor Hugo. They can't help it. Even if they don't believe in that, it gets in their system. And so when they come to produce something of their own, the tradition is nearly indestructible.
タグ: tradition, believe, great, man

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Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding.
タグ: philosophy, understanding, way, thinking
Words such as truth, art, veracity, or anything are stupid in themselves.
タグ: words, stupid, truth, art
Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase.
タグ: little, everything, done, important
My position is the lack of a position, but, of course, you can't even talk about it; the minute you talk, you spoil the whole game.
タグ: position, talk, game, you
Since Courbet, it's been believed that painting is addressed to the retina. That was everyone's error. The retinal shudder! Before, painting had other functions: it could be religious, philosophical, moral... our whole century is completely retinal, except for the Surrealists, who tried to go outside it somewhat.
タグ: who, moral, go, painting
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