When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.
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A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.
I love putting paint on canvas, getting lost in the process of painting.
The truth is that painting is all about scale; you use scale to create experience. A lot of artists have lost that ability. They don't even know that's something they should be doing.
The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.
It does not matter how badly you paint so long as you don't paint badly like other people.
I want to make beautiful paintings. But I don't make beautiful paintings by putting beautiful paint on a canvas with a beautiful motif. It just doesn't work. I expect my paintings to be strong and surprising.
The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.
I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.'