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“Every change is a form of liberation. My mother used to say a change is always good even if it's for the worse.”

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Paula Rego is a visual artist from Portugal, known for her unique painting style and profound themes. Her works often center around female figures, exploring issues of gender, power, and society. more

“To be a dog woman is not necessarily to be downtrodden; that has very little to do with it. In these pictures every woman's a dog woman, not downtrodden, but powerful. To be bestial is good. It's physical. Eating, snarling, all activities to do with sensation are positive. To picture a woman as a dog is utterly believable.”

Littles Powerful Dog Activity Eating Sensations Believable Downtrodden Snarling

Author:Paula Rego

“We interpret the world through stories... everybody makes in their own way sense of things, but if you have stories it helps.”

Ifs World Way Helping Stories Storytelling

Author:Paula Rego

“A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.”

Made Subjects Objects Painting Finished Back When

Book:Writers on Howard Hodgkin

Source: Writers on Howard Hodgkin

“I never think that anything I do is courageous.”

Thinking Courageous

Author:Howard Hodgkin

“Eventually, a collection ceases to be a personal indulgence and assumes its own identity. In fact, it becomes a thing in its own right - rather like Frankenstein's monster.”

Facts Identity Assuming Monsters Cease Collections Indulgence Collecting Frankenstein's Monster

Author:Howard Hodgkin

“Passion lies between one mark and the next, and also within all of them.”

Lying Passion Next Mark

Author:Howard Hodgkin

“Collecting has been my great extravagance. It's a way of being. I collect for the same reason that I eat too much-I'm one of nature's shoppers.”

Way Has Beens Reason Too Much Collecting Extravagance Shoppers

Author:Howard Hodgkin

“Photography, like alcohol, should only be allowed to those who can do without it.”

Should Can Do Photography Photograph Alcohol

Author:Walter Sickert

“Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.”

Stars Worry Good Work Doing Good

Author:Ice Cube

“All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life.”

Ifs Art Whole Age Past Memories Space Civilization Whole Life Works Of Art Replaced Simultaneous

Author:Alberto Giacometti

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