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A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.
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I hate painting.
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In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like.
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When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else.
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I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?'
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I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.
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