Francis Bacon (artist) Quote

What I see is a marvellous painting. But how are you going to make it? And, of course, as I don't know how to make it, I rely then on chance and accident making it for me.


Interviews with Francis Bacon: the brutality of fact (ed. 3, 1987), edited by David Sylvester


What I see is a marvellous painting. But how are you going to make it? And, of course, as I don't know how to make it, I rely then on chance and...

What I see is a marvellous painting. But how are you going to make it? And, of course, as I don't know how to make it, I rely then on chance and...

What I see is a marvellous painting. But how are you going to make it? And, of course, as I don't know how to make it, I rely then on chance and...

What I see is a marvellous painting. But how are you going to make it? And, of course, as I don't know how to make it, I rely then on chance and...