Bacon Quotations

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

Francis Bacon

A selection of Bacon quotations on:

His Perception of Life

Of all the countries I know, France is my favourite.

(translated from French)

If the French like my work, then I shall feel that I have, to some extent, succeeded.

I love Paris. I think Paris is the most beautiful and marvellous city in the world.

To Michel Leiris

You are the only one to have understood and been able to put into words all sorts of things which I have tried to do.

I know that it is quite a privilege that the greatest writer of our time has written texts about me.