Parents who wish to train up their children in the way they should go must go in the way in which they would have their children go.
Francis BaconPainting today is pure intuition and luck and taking advantage of what happens when you splash the stuff down.
Francis BaconI don't believe art is available; it's rare and curious and should be completely isolated; one is more aware of its magic the more it is isolated.
Francis BaconSince custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.
Francis BaconI feel that I am much freer if I'm on my own, but I'm sure that there are a lot of painters who would perhaps be even more inventive if they had people round them... I find that if I am on my own I can allow the paint to dictate to me. So the images that I'm putting down on the canvas dictate the thing to me and it gradually builds up and comes along.
Francis Bacon