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You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable.
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"You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable."
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You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you are going to make a decent painting. Francis Bacon had a special studio built, and he felt completely emasculated in there. I have to be somewhere comfortable. — Peter Doig

About Peter Doig

Peter Doig was a Artist from United Kingdom (1911–1996).

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Who said "You cannot just be working in a vast, air-conditioned loft space and think you…"?
This quote is attributed to Peter Doig, a Artist from United Kingdom.
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Peter Doig lived from 1911 – 1996.