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Francesco Clemente quotes: When I look at a drawing of a person, I look at that person as living.

When I look at a drawing of a person, I look at that person as living.

Francesco Clemente quotes: Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Fashion is the pursuit of perfection, Style is the acceptance of one's flaws.

Francesco Clemente quotes: I repeatedly refuse to make any practical decisions. I get a feeling of nausea about practicality.

I repeatedly refuse to make any practical decisions. I get a feeling of nausea about practicality.

Francesco Clemente quotes: That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.

That moment when the person actually dictates the way I do the portrait is when the intimacy arrives.

Francesco Clemente quotes: I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

I never paint a portrait from a photograph, because a photograph doesn't give enough information about what the person feels.

Francesco Clemente quotes: Painting is like making love. You cannot ask, 'How do you do it?' But, hopefully, it is beautiful.

Painting is like making love. You cannot ask, 'How do you do it?' But, hopefully, it is beautiful.

Francesco Clemente quotes: To me the poets are closer than I am to the idea of voice, to a sort of primeval song that we all participate in.

To me the poets are closer than I am to the idea of voice, to a sort of primeval song that we all participate in.

Francesco Clemente quotes: In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.

In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.

Francesco Clemente quotes: My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.

My portraits are half what I see and the other half is invented or dictated by the person and the painting.

Francesco Clemente quotes: I first think of intelligence. You need it for surviving in Italy because Italy is so pompous.

I first think of intelligence. You need it for surviving in Italy because Italy is so pompous.