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Philip Guston Quotes: Painting seems like impossibility, with only a sign now and then of its own light.
         

Painting seems like impossibility, with only a sign now and then of its own light.


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Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.



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To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see yourself painting.



I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over.

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