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1 " What matters is what appears in your soul, not what your eyes see and what you can name. "
― Zdzisław Beksiński
2 " I am obsessed with the process of creation. "
― Zdzisław Beksiński , The Fantastic Art of Beksinski
3 " Tym zmarłym po śmierci rosły brody i paznokcie tak długie, że poprzebijały ziemię i zarosły całe miasto i ludzie się w tych brodach plątali, i już nie było wiadomo, do czego to będzie prowadzić; ale przyszedł szewczyk Skuba, zabił smoka, pojął za żonę królewnę, a potem zrobił porządek z brodami oraz obóz koncentracyjny dla opornych. "
― Zdzisław Beksiński , Zdzisław Beksiński. Opowiadania
4 " I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams. "
5 " Idiotyzm jak chwast zawsze się przyjmie na każdej glebie. "
― Zdzisław Beksiński , Beksiński. Dzień po dniu kończącego się życia
6 " Others consist of beliefs, I consist of doubts. "
7 " Reality exists somewhere, but we translate it into our own language. We only see illusions. "
8 " I never thought of myself as a person who is able to proclaim and idea which others would take as an example. I always do everything for myself, I am a self-centered egoist. "
9 " All opinions that I allegedly paint dreams come from journalists. In my life, maybe I've tried to paint one dream, a fragment of a dream in my early youth. But I never use dreams. Maybe I said on occasion that all I have in common with the surrealists is this oneiric method of creativity. I never wonder why I am painting a bird sitting on someone's shoulder, it can happen spontaneously, just like in a dream. My creation is easy going. If it fits, just leave it there. It doesn't mean anything. "
10 " People keep finding firstly an anecdote, secondly certain symbols such as a cross, tree, etc... I hate such symbolic interpretation, so to deny such comparisons, if my art is about anything it is about mood and atmosphere. There are a certain range of moods I like, nothing else. "
11 " For instance I do not want a cross to be interpreted as a symbol of redemption in Christian understanding, because I focus on atmosphere, music, mood. I perceive it very musically, every image. Perhaps others see it differently, or maybe their perception of music is different than mine... I definitely deny the term 'symbolic art', I don't define something for someone. A painted sea is not meant to be the collective unconsciousness of Carl Jung... I don't paint with a dictionary of Mircea Eliade in my other hand. When I create, simple associations appear. Associations of several objects collide with eachother, creating an apparent content. But the content is not intended by me. "
12 " The relationship between us and the so called "soul" is like that between a photo and the object photographed, there's no penetration between them. "
13 " We have to do something, we cannot stand waiting for nothingness. "
14 " In my opinion images should not be viewed in a brighter light than the light which they were painted it. In bright light you can see all the alterations and errors. For me it causes total despair. "
15 " I just wanted to get out from the possibility of future exhibition as it is terrible trouble. Packing, transport damage, why do I need it all? After a long time contract which required me to sell all I painted, I got some mental bias from that. Now I want to keep some paintings for myself... actually now I am approaching the end of my life, maybe I have a right to a pension and to paint for my own pleasure? "
