Status Updates From Interviews with Francis Bacon

“Who remembers or cares about a happy society?... so far one remembers a society for what it has created [art].” Page 125

“But I never believe one should have any security and never expect to keep any.” Page 125

“... if the making is more instinctive, the image is more immediate.” Page 104

“Half my painting activity is disrupting what I can do with ease.” Page 91

“... people are less vain of their personalities than they are if their work.” Page 67

“Of anything ever does work in my case, it works from that moment when consciously I don’t know what I’m doing.” Page 54

“Because people tend to be offended by factors, or what used to be called truth.” Page 48

“... man now realised that he is an accident, that he is a completely futile being, that he has to play out the game without reason.” Page 28

“...And out of this anything, one sees what happens.” Page 13