“That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.” WayPersonsMomentsIntimacyThat MomentPortraits Author:Francesco Clemente
“In my head I am in one of those Buddhist caves where you see a thousand Buddha faces on the wall. In my head I am on my seventeen-year-old acid trip, when I saw my personas fall one minute after another, as if I was dying every moment.” IfsYearsMomentsFacesFallSawsMinutesDyingWallThousandBuddhistCavesAcidPersonaDrunkennessSeventeenOne MinuteSeventeen Years OldAcid Trip Author:Francesco Clemente
“Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings in real life; painting is more about the extreme moments when speech doesn't help anymore.” HumansLittlesRealMomentsHelpingBitsHuman BeingsPaintingPoetSpeechLittle BitExtremesReal LifeRetreatPain In Life Author:Francesco Clemente
