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“We assume that Andy knew that they might be published, and he may have wanted them to be published – and so would have controlled and manipulated their content. He didn’t scribble these entries down in a notebook, for his own eyes only. So you never know if he’s speaking to posterity in order to falsify the record – or at least to construct a record – or whether the Diaries are actually giving you a genuine insight into the man himself, not only into his psyche but also into his actions and behaviours. There are incidents mentioned in the Diaries that his friends say are absolutely and simply untrue.” Read more...
Blake Gopnik, Art Historians, Critics & Curator
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A Free House!: Or, The Artist as Craftsman
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso
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Private View: The Lively World of British Art
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Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy
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Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation
by E.H. Gombrich
