Lucian Freud Quotes

I remember Francis Bacon would say that he felt he was giving art what he thought it previously lacked. With me, it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.

Lucian Freud

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: December 8, 1922 - July 20, 2011

Topics

ArtMeThoughtGivingRememberSay

I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get sucked dry because you like your students and you're trying to help them, but you don't have any time left to write yourself.

Jim Harrison

GoodTimeYourselfHelpTryingYou

If you walk into the room, and you're smiling and have a pep in your step, people are going to be drawn to you. If you walk into a room and you're sad and you look insecure, it's bad energy.

Jessie James Decker

SadWalkStepPeopleEnergyLook

You get the health benefits of coffee up through about the first twenty-four ounces. It's the biggest source of antioxidants for Americans, and we think it helps prevent Alzheimer's and Parkinson's as well.

Mehmet Oz

HealthCoffeeThinkYouFirstUp

Whenever someone like a plumber or a mechanic tries to explain something technical to me, I listen for about three seconds before it all just becomes white noise, like Charlie Brown's teacher.

John Niven

TeacherMeMechanicSomeoneWhite

President Clinton is one of the dominant figures on the global stage. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell.

Sonny Mehta

LifeGreatStoryPresidentStage

Now when I was a teenager, I was angsty as any teenager was, but after 17 years of having a mother who was in and out of my life like a yo-yo and a father who was faceless, I was angry.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

LifeFatherMotherAngryMy Life

Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.

Douglas Wilson

ProblemsDesignCountryOverSee

I don't let my religious world get too complicated.

Bono

WorldComplicatedGetReligiousToo

I'm thrilled with the work Tim Palen and his marketing team have done on the film. It's appropriately disturbing and thought-provoking how the campaign promotes 'Catching Fire' while simultaneously promoting the Capitol's punitive forms of entertainment.

Suzanne Collins

WorkFireTeamMarketingDoneFilm

Everything I do, I try to make it the best I can. So I go my own way and give it all I have.

Sylvie Guillem

BestI CanGoWayMy OwnTry

Just because you are alive does not mean you have to give life.

Sheila Heti

LifeYouAliveJust BecauseMean

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

Marilyn vos Savant

WorkTimeYouDoneMeetDeadline

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