Francis Bacon (artist) Quote

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before the thing begins to sort itself out.


Francis Bacon (ed. Pantheon, 1975)


No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before ...

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before ...

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before ...

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a hundred years before ...