Quote by Frank Auerbach
To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize i

To put down an ideogram of a table so that people will recognize it as a table is not the work of a painter, but to sense it for a moment as a magic carpet with a leg hanging down at each corner is the beginning of a painters imagination. – Frank Auerbach

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It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning. – Frank Auerbach

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First comes thought then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. – Napoleon Hill

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I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare. – Andrew Wyeth

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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only. – Agnes Smedley

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You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself. – Milan Kundera

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