To seek to extinguish anger utterly is but a bravery of the Stoics. We have better oracles: 'Be angry, but sin not.' 'Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.'
Francis BaconAll authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man.
Francis BaconAs you work, the mood grows on you. There are certain images which suddenly get hold of me and I really want to do them. But it's true to say that the excitement and possibilities are in the working and obviously can only come in the working.
Francis BaconI always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.
Francis Bacon