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Andy Warhol,
Details of Renaissance Paintings (Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, 1482), 1984
'My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions.. with intrusions of irrelevant information'
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas, Brides of Dracula, 1997
'You get to the point where you can feel a certain sensation of light'
Arthur Dove
Arthur Dove, Sunrise, 1941
'To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage'
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe, Pelvis IV, 1944
Georgia O'Keeffe, photo by © Laura Gilpin, 1953
'The feeling of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than the feeling of contentment'
Francis Bacon,
Francis Bacon, Three studies of Isabel Rawsthorne, 1966
'I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself'
Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti, Diego, 1959
Opening day,
Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 21, 1959
Photo by © Robert E. Mates
'Remember, we are mortal, but poetry is not'
Patti Smith
Patti Smith by © R. McGinnis
'Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity'
Dorothea Tanning
Dorothea Tanning, Siderium Exaltatum (Starry Venusweed)
© The Destina Foundation