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An original is a creation motivated by desire.


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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.



My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.



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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.



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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.



To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.



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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.



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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.





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