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I don't feel any real animosity towards critics when they write negative things. I think some are more perceptive than others. Some are very knowledgeable about painting. But it isn't something I have any influence over, so there isn't any point in worrying about it.

Peter Doig's Popular Quotes

Painting becomes interesting when it becomes timeless.

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I would never finish a painting if I didnt have a deadline.

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I also learned that you are affected by your environment, even if you try not to be. Color, light that is, matters because you want to do justice to …

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I love Trinidad and I love living there, but it's quite harsh.

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I constantly have to negotiate with my doubts.

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It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?

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There could be a hundred paintings in every one painting, depending on when you stop.

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If you are someone like Jeff Koons, and you have to work out how to make a big chrome heart or something, then there are lots of people and a big pro…

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It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

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