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I would never finish a paintin...

I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

I constantly have to negotiate...

I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

I don't feel any real animosit...

I don't feel any real animosity towards critics when they write negative things. I think some are more perceptive than others. Some are very knowledgeable about painting. But it isn't something I have any influence over, so there isn't any point in worrying about it.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

How do you complete a painting...

How do you complete a painting, really? There are paintings by so many different artists that are interesting precisely because they haven't really been completed.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

Painting doesn't have a functi...

Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music can be used for a soundtrack, so it has a function in that sense, beyond itself. But painting doesn't... But I do believe that painting has a purpose.

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A photo is like a map, a way o...

A photo is like a map, a way of giving me a foot into a kind of reality I want... I'm not trying to make paintings look like photos. I want to make paintings using photos as a reference, the way painters did when photography was first invented.

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I sometimes wish I had never h...

I sometimes wish I had never had to sell a painting. Every painting you make represents the time it was made and how you were feeling and what your influences were... You are never going to feel that way again, so you can never repeat it...

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You cannot just be working in ...

You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable.

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I also learned that you are af...

I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to it and also you get excited by it.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

I don't think money can help y...

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

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I love Trinidad and I love liv...

I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

It's not about perfection. Wha...

It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

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It's still an escape for me, p...

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

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Painting becomes interesting w...

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

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I think if I was Trinidadian, ...

I think if I was Trinidadian, I would latch more on to the myths and romanticise the place more. I don't think it's my place to do that - they're not really mine. I'm an outsider.

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What is bad painting? Picabia ...

What is bad painting? Picabia made some deliberately bad paintings, but they were by him, so great in a way.

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If you are someone like Jeff K...

If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big production involved. The money is more natural somehow. For me, I am just on my own in the studio, trying to make things work. One thing is sure: it doesn't make painting any easier.

Peter Doig 21 quotes

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