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I Paint What I Want to See by Philip Guston

absentjean's review against another edition

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funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

"I think I mainly go to museums. Well, galleries - who goes to galleries? You go to museums. And you look at the masters, that's who you look at."

libbylibbylibby's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

shaydog's review against another edition

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4.0

“Thank god for yellow ochre, cadmium red medium, and permanent green light.”

I have more pages tabbed in this book than anything else I’ve read this year. Philip Guston’s beautiful and stubborn words have changed my view of art.

holiszjoanna's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Talks about:
Process, reception, intuition, form (movement, gravity, line, mass), politics, not knowing, discovery, habit, objects, frustration. 

Well-put together selection which picks up in the second half. Gets quite repetitive but the repetition is insightful. Guston seems expectedly obsessed in manner and observation.

toutesleschosesmarguerite's review against another edition

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challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

holdingabook's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

1.5

jcampbell's review against another edition

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inspiring slow-paced

4.5

Some really interesting discussion on art particularly modern, it’s an easy read and engaging 

a_mmatos's review against another edition

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informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

azkay's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

mallaeuswastaken's review against another edition

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2.0

A collection of talks and conversations from the abstract artist. Usually I don’t mind reading things like this even if I’m not familiar with the artist but I genuinely felt like I was retaining zero information from this.