Crucifixion and Death

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Crucifixion and Death I have always been very moved by pictures about slaughterhouses and meat, and to me they belong […]

Photographs

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Photographs These are my models, my subject matter. Photographs are not only points of reference, they’re often triggers of ideas. […]

Monaco

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Monaco This thing of using unprimed canvas came about when I was living in Monte Carlo in the late 1940s. […]

Bacon Francophile

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Bacon Francophile Of all the countries I know, France is my favourite.(translated from French) If the French like my work, […]

Cinema

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Cinema [Triptychs] are the things I Iike doing the most, and I think this may be related to the thought […]

Other Artists

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Other Artists On Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X I’ve always thought that this was one of the greatest paintings in […]

Art

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Art Anything in art seems cruel because reality is cruel. Perhaps that’s why so many people like abstraction in art, […]

Triptychs

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: Triptychs They are the things I like doing most. And I think this may be related to the thought I […]

His Perception of Life

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: His Perception of Life I’m profoundly optimistic about nothing. [Nietzsche] told us it’s all so meaningless we might as well […]

His Art

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: A selection of Bacon quotations on: His Art I believe in deeply ordered chaos. I want a very ordered image but I want it to come […]