Quote by Frank Auerbach
It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something

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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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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I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning. – Jonathan Swift

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When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog – big as a donkey. – Ray Davies

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On the 28th the ships company received two months pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helens, where we were obliged to anchor. – William Bligh

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I didnt wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. Were all that forever, and Ive just grown older. I mean, I havent lost anything. Ive gained a few things. – Paul Westerberg

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