In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always…

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Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.

Whores are the most honest girls. They present the bill right away.

I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray....

I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray....

I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.

I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to...

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to...

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my...

Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my...

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying...

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying...

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it...

That's the terrible thing: the more one works on a picture, the more impossible it...

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed...

Once the object has been constructed, I have a tendency to discover in it, transformed...

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think...

In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think...

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of...

The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of...

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer...

It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer...

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover...

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover...

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of...

It was always disappointing to see that what I could really master in terms of...

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to...

When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to...

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see...

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see...

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then...

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then...

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in...

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in...