Ben Quilty quotes
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“There is that interesting thing that Haughton Forrest was imagining the landscapes. They are so dramatic. They are dark, big, gloomy paintings and he was making them during some of the most ominous massacres in Tasmania. Forrest was recording history but missing the human story.”
-- Ben QuiltySource : Source: www.lucyreesart.com
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“I wanted to make a massive work so as soon as Nick Mitzevich invited me I said yes straight away and began to make the work. The island was made in direct response. I used the diagnostic tool of Rorschach blots - something designed to extract and evaluate the dark and unconscious elements of our personality.”
-- Ben QuiltySource : Source: www.lucyreesart.com
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“I'd never seen [Haughton] Forrest's work before until I came across it on the front of an ANZ book. I then researched a whole lot of his work.”
-- Ben QuiltySource : Source: www.lucyreesart.com
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Source : Adam Johnson (2012). “The Orphan Master's Son”, p.41, Random House
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“Yeah, I think speculation keeps things really interesting.”
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Source : Abba Solomon Eban (1968). “Forward to peace: text of the address in the twenty-third plenary session of the Gerneral Assembly of the United Nations, Monday, 8 October, 1968”
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“He stopped and looked back at me "I love you too Pagan. I'll miss you. In every life.”
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