Philip Guston - I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to pain...

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I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint? It might be things, thoughts, a memory, sensations, which have nothing to do directly with painting itself. They can come from anything and anywhere.

Philip Guston

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Ich weiß nicht, was ein Gemälde ist. Wer weiß, was auch den Wunsch zu malen auslöst? Es könnten Dinge, Gedanken, eine Erinnerung, Empfindungen sein, die mit der Malerei selbst nichts zu tun haben. Sie können von überall her kommen.

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