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That was an important development for me, just realizing that you need to follow your pleasure, at least as a painter. I think any kind of artist needs to, no matter what you're doing.
John Currin
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John Currin
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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I've always found paintings of nudes depressing because they can't compete with photographs. The grainiest photograph of some girl, a blurry Polaroid - you'd rather look at that than the Venus de Milo, because you think, Wow, that's really somebody... This camera really was in front of this real naked lady.
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A painting of any quality is always going to have nerdy energy, an affirmation behind it. It's gonna be like a kid playing a video game.
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Culture is for old people. When you're young you have your body, and that's all you need.
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There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.
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