I want paint to work as flesh.
Lucian Freud

Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much.
Lucian Freud

Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.
Lucian Freud

The character of the artist doesn't enter into the nature of the art.
Lucian Freud

When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't.
Lucian Freud

There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so.
Lucian Freud

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.
Lucian Freud