Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KCwas an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 January 1561
feelings special emotion
Before I start painting I have a slightly ambiguous feeling: happiness is a special excitement because unhappiness is always possible a moment later.
humanity way arbitrary
I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.
inspiration needs paint
You could say that I have no inspiration, that I only need to paint.
illustration drawing would-be
I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.
painting interpretation
Everybody has his own interpretation of a painting he sees...
knowledge despair use
I want to make portraits and images. I don't know how. Out of despair, I just use paint anyway. Suddenly the things you make coagulate and take on just the shape you intend. Totally accurate marks, which are outside representational marks.
art believe magic
I 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.
illustration perfect balance
Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.
artist museums years
Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don't work at all. I have left my mark; my work is hung in museums, but maybe one day the Tate Gallery or the other museums will banish me to the cellar... you never know.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
business fall fate
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
life birthday age
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
communication long brain
Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.
thinking artist people
I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.