I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves in my work because I hope… - Lucian Freud

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I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves in my work because I hoped that if I concentrated enough the intensity of scrutiny alone would force life into the pictures. I ignored the fact that art, after all, derives from art. Now I realize that this is the case.