Quotes 2017 #235

"In an interview with Dosse, Fromanger recalls how Deleuze asked him how he managed to paint on a blank canvas. Fromager's response, that the canvas was not actually black but black 'with everything every painter has painted before me,' clearly excited Deleuze, who is said to have exclaimed: 'So it's not about blackening the canvas but about whitening it.'" (Frida Beckman)