28 Features ‘THE ART NEWSPAPER, No, 137, JUNE 2003, Exclusive Francis Bacon: I painted to be loved ‘The last summing up, two months before he died, by the greatest Irish painter of the 20th century in an interview with the photographer, Francis Giacobetti acs cn en 99. hse Me had en f+ ther ae peopl snd ing aig cin indy phospapic fae and he him was po. ving. dyer { goat sey racy aphet nay ape th Bere Rope he Sa eps har iad aaa i ‘Bl Tmo thew are peopl and me ad thas coough from phoogapi, bt ia complcey ane [nw ae fle Deakin ue eniy helo a sey sg Fmt sed yy op paRaye ets eoan eom ofaed e eetenente ene ripine een, me ‘onthe of hs i, fom suena TEN to caly 1992, were spent thst sbuld never hae pied. Tahal have been, don't, BGs When you mips a ~epepestaiaes aig an ah ap Ee imeem Serra Semen em eee Seen — : Seer eee Picasso was one of that genius caste Seca you me Abo rm enna st which includes Rembrandt, ald atone Michelangelo, Van Gogh and, above i He he defi, al, Veldzque:. ieee tc Rema, Mihangee Vat "marraige mee reer a tm Sp cot In cles spr ares eee area shy aes pit Forth? es 0 (The creative process] isa lite like the te Physical act of love. It can be as violent ‘as fucking, like an orgasm or an ejact- lation. The result is often disappointing but the process is highly excitin seen ‘Som coins cis oa eal sant al Sasinccoetiys eth lene boteerimaing PbedaIE ART NEWSPAPER, No. 157, JUNE 2003 ven lucky enough to be able 10 live on my obsession. This is my only success. I have no moral lesson to preach, nor any advice to give.