30 Quotes by Marlene Dumas

I’m always so sick of myself after a show.

There are these painterly things that happen while I’m working.

I do think that I’m not good at making pretty things. It doesn’t come so naturally for me.

The demi-monde does not represent the crowd of courtesans, but the class of declassed women It is divided from that of honest women by public scandal, and divided from that of the courtesans by money.

The best works do not necessarily get to auction. I like to draw, so maybe I give you a little drawing. And then eventually it ends up at auction. And then critics say, ‘Oh, that’s a bad drawing!’ Well, I didn’t say it was so wonderful.

I moved to Holland because I wanted to see American art.

I never learned to ride a bicycle, and it is too late now. I never learned to drive. I never learned to swim.

I don't go to a psychiatrist. I don't go to a gym. I run away from my accountant, I run away from my dentist. They are all supposed to help you, but I like to stay in bed, where I have a chance to reflect, like Rossellini.

There are these painterly things that happen while I'm working.