Paula Rego Quotes

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In collage you're doing it in stages so you're not actually doing it right there. You first of all draw it on the paper, then you cut it up, then you paste it down, then you change it, then you shove it about, then you may paint bits of it over, so actually you're not making the picture there and then, you're making it through a process, so it's not so spontaneous.

Paula Rego

The gaps between the forms worry me. I can never get these spaces right...

Paula Rego

I get inspiration from things that have nothing to do with painting: caricature, items from newspapers, sights in the street, proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, nightmares, desires, terrors.... That question [why do you paint?] has been put to me before and my answer was, 'To give terror a face.' But it's more than that. I paint because I can't help it.

Paula Rego

That is why my pictures don't look like modern art. It's some sort of timidity on my part I'm sure.

Paula Rego

Paula Rego

Paula Rego

Born: January 26, 1935

Died: June 8, 2022 (aged 87)

Bio: Dame Paula Rego was a Portuguese-British visual artist who was particularly known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks. Rego's style has evolved from abstract towards representational, and she has favored pastels over oils for much of her career.

Known for:

Dancing Ostriches (1995)
The Policeman's Daughter (1987)
Dog Woman (1994)

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