I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all their qualities, and they lose everything. I think I would say that I destroy all the better paintings.


Francis Bacon (ed. Pantheon, 1975)


I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all...

I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all...

I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all...

I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and take them further, and they lose all...