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I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for the good or the better or the worse. It must alter him.

— Francis Bacon The Artist Observed: 28 interviews with contemporary artists (1991)

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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

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