“I’m very interested in sublimation. I love the way Francis Bacon talked about the grin without the cat, the sensation without the boredom of its conveyance… I’ve always wanted to be able to convey figurative imagery in a kind of shorthand, to get it across in as direct a way as possible. I want there to be a human presence without having to depict it in full.” WayWantHumansKindAbleWantedDirectCatBoredomSensationsImageryShorthand Author:Cecily Brown
“The word "Blue" does not mean the sensation caused by a gentian on the human eye; but it means the power of producing that sensation: and this power is always there, in the thing, whether we are there to experience it or not, and would remain there though there were not a man left on the face of the earth.” MenHumansMeanDoeEyeEarthFacesLeftBlueSensationsHuman Eyes Book:Selections and Essays Source: Selections and Essays