An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
Fernando BoteroI often think about death and it saddens me to leave this world and not be able to paint more. I love it so much.
Fernando BoteroSculptures permit me to create real volume One can touch the forms, one can give them smoothness, the sensuality that one wants.
Fernando BoteroI create my subjects somehow visualizing them in my style. I start as a poet, put the colors and composition down on canvas as a painter, but finish my work as a sculptor taking delight in caressing the forms.
Fernando Botero