Marlene Dumas Quotes & Sayings

“The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, 'Oh, that's a bad drawing!' Well, I didn't say it was so wonderful.”

“I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me.”

“I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed.”

“I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.”

“I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.”

“I'm always so sick of myself after a show.”

“There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.”

“I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't go to a gym. I run away from my accountant, I run away from my dentist. They are all supposed to help you, but I like to stay in bed, where I have a chance to reflect, like Rossellini.”

“I think I am probably a lot like my father.”