![I get inspiration from things that have nothing to do with painting: caricature, items from newspapers, sights in the street, proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, nightmares, desires, terrors. ... That question [why do you paint?] has been put to me before and my answer was, 'To give terror a face.' But it's more than that. I paint because I can't help it.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-get-inspiration-from-things-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-painting-caricature.jpg)
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