Francesco Clemente ,quotes

In India and in New York the ...

In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

I never paint a portrait from...

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

There's poetry in the world. ...

There's poetry in the world. Poetry doesn't belong just to the poets. You know, you can look at the most premeditated, cold blooded movie and find poetry in it.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

When you sit for an hour and ...

When you sit for an hour and a half in front of somebody, he or she shows about twenty faces. And so it's this crazy chase of, Which face? Which one is the one?

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

In my head I am in one of tho...

In my head I am in one of those Buddhist caves where you see a thousand Buddha faces on the wall. In my head I am on my seventeen-year-old acid trip, when I saw my personas fall one minute after another, as if I was dying every moment.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

We are not naturally intellig...

We are not naturally intelligent, or happy. In fact, every day it is harder to remain intelligent. It seems often that people get intelligent through pain, but you can't be sure because nobody really can say, "I've been suffering".

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

I first think of intelligence...

I first think of intelligence. You need it for surviving in Italy because Italy is so pompous.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

If you want to compete in Ita...

If you want to compete in Italy, the only accepted ways are brute force, or cunning. Like Machiavelli says, "Fronte otra forze." And neither of these two "virtues" is suited to an artist. The artist has to stay intelligent.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

It is very scary to think mec...

It is very scary to think mechanically about someone you know. That means that the second time you meet a person is useless. Which I tend to believe anyway.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

And dilettantism is a humorou...

And dilettantism is a humorous way to survive. Everybody understands you for it and everybody hates you for it. And not everybody chooses to be a dilettante. Many choose cunning and brute force.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

A photograph to me is always ...

A photograph to me is always a reminder of how the person was on a certain day in that certain light fixed. When I look at a watercolor of that same person, it seems to me alive, more open than a photograph.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

I'm at the age where I don't ...

I'm at the age where I don't need an acid trip to feel naked... to feel that I don't exist. Now a self-portrait is almost a reminder to me that I do exist.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

Maybe poets express more dire...

Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings in real life; painting is more about the extreme moments when speech doesn't help anymore.

Francesco Clemente 10.08.2025 20:59:19 27 quotes

And dilettantism is a humorous...

And dilettantism is a humorous way to survive. Everybody understands you for it and everybody hates you for it. And not everybody chooses to be a dilettante. Many choose cunning and brute force.

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

When you sit for an hour and a...

When you sit for an hour and a half in front of somebody, he or she shows about twenty faces. And so it's this crazy chase of, Which face? Which one is the one?

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

Fashion is the pursuit of perf...

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

I repeatedly refuse to make an...

I repeatedly refuse to make any practical decisions. I get a feeling of nausea about practicality.

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

It is very scary to think mech...

It is very scary to think mechanically about someone you know. That means that the second time you meet a person is useless. Which I tend to believe anyway.

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

We are not naturally intellige...

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

In India and in New York the e...

In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.

Francesco Clemente 03.03.2018 03:03:03 27 quotes

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