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My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage. Peter Paul Rubens

Courage Vast Talent Undertaking However Size Ever

You never know about the art world because it's a matter of opinion. If you look at old art like Rembrandt and Vermeer, it's not completely a matter of opinion. The pictures confront you, and you see exactly what it is. In modern art, a lot of it is suggestive, and it becomes a matter of opinion. Peter Saul

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I try to find a subject that is interesting to me and to the viewer both. If I can't, then I stop right there. Peter Saul

Me Try Find Both Subject Stop Interesting Then Viewer Right

I enjoy finding a low subject and bringing it up high. I think with strong technique, you can glamorize certain things. You can make the imagery sharper, rounder, and basically better looking. Peter Saul

I celebrated success in the art world, which was quite sudden, and I suddenly had $1,000 a month, when formerly I had nothing, basically. So what we did with this money: we had a baby, we bought a car, and we celebrated by going to Rome, because it would be warmer and better looking. Peter Saul

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Unfortunately, I haven't thought sufficiently about art. What I never realized - and it's really stupid - is the art world is the art world because all these thousands of famous and not-famous artists do things, over centuries. This hadn't occurred to me. Peter Saul

The Pop art I wound up doing came to me purely from 'Mad' comics. I loved the idea of doing fun stuff. I met an art dealer who wanted to show the work - that was in January 1962 - and that was the beginning for me. Peter Saul

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When I was growing up, nothing unpleasant was shown in the home. And when I was in art school, the only art that was presented to me was Abstract Expressionism. But I was interested in the grim stuff. It seemed more exciting. Peter Saul

I suppose I was very disappointed that I was injured during training for Korea. In fact, I had an argument with a grenade and it won, and consequently I was forced to come back to Australia for twelve months. Peter Scott

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I don't think they knew very much about the war in Korea at all. Peter Scott

War Think About Knew Korea Very Much

The battalion, the whole battalion was affected by the two killed just within a week of being there, and I think that that pulled everybody up to make them realise that this was a very serious business. Peter Scott

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They were all famous and fantastic fellows. Peter Scott

Fellows Were Famous Fantastic

Ursula Nordstrom was famous for finding artists in unlikely places. Maurice Sendak was a window designer, and she just came across one of his windows. Everyone was looking to find a talent. Peter Sis

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When I do my own books, I take it as more of my own confessional, but when I illustrate for other people, it is intriguing because I feel like I shouldn't be stepping too much into the limelight. It's like playing the piano while someone else is singing. Peter Sis

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When I was about 12 or 13, my father gave me 'The Little Prince.' He was making sure that I knew it was a special book. I'd seen the name of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, but to me it seemed a very French name, and I was not excited about him as a person. Peter Sis

I am afraid that people will think I re-illustrated 'The Little Prince,' when really, it was more a tribute to him as a dedicated pilot and a man who believed in the goodness of people. Peter Sis

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I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about. Peter Sis

Speak Language About Know Return Accent Talking Prague Still

I still dream about doing something simple, very simple and universal. Peter Sis

Simple Dream About Something Still Doing Very Universal

I trust the pictures to tell what I want to say. Peter Sis

Trust Say Tell Pictures Want

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