I've always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It's people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.
Lucian FreudThe longer you look at an object, the more abstract it becomes, and, ironically, the more real.
Lucian FreudSometimes, when I've been staring too hard, I've noticed that I could see the circumference of my own eye.
Lucian FreudA painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.
Lucian Freud