Sunday, 5 October 2008

Francis Bacon on Optimism



"My impulse is my life, my impulse is that I am an old man, but I am profoundly optimistic about nothing."

How can you be optimistic about nothing Francis?

"I can be. Just existing. For a moment. Just existing today makes me optimistic."

Optimistic about what?

"Nothing. I am optimistic about nothing. I am just born with that optimistic nature, I'm just optimistic about nothing."
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1 comment:

  1. FLEX15 November 2008 at 21:01

    it seems you are Bacons fan. so am I.
    I really appreciate your work - it's art, and art is dear to me. maybe you will compose a pice tribute to Francis someday? - like Morton Feldman did to Rothko?

    full of respect
    flex

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