"All painting is an accident. But it's also not an accident, because one must select what part of the accident one chooses to preserve." - Francis Bacon

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The one thing I fear is doing a painting that's already been done, or doing a painting that looks like it belongs to what's accepted as 'art.'

Source note: From extensive Sylvester interviews

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The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

Source note: From Sylvester interviews

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I would like my pictures to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail, leaving a trail of the human presence.

Source note: From Sylvester interviews

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