The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019)
Claes Bang: James Figueras
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Quotes
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James Figueras : You're a thief. Your work belongs to the world, the entire fucking world, and you've stolen it.
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James Figueras : I single-handedly made you believe that this was a masterpiece. You believed, you have to admit it. That, my dear friends, is the power of the critic, and that's why you should be careful with someone like me.
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James Figueras : Are you interested in art, Ms. Hollis?
Berenice Hollis : I just came here for the potato chips.
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[first lines]
James Figueras : Fuck. Let me be blunt. Art would not exist without criticism.
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James Figueras : Scoff all you want. I've been a monk here in Italy. Art my only mistress.
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James Figueras : My job is to separate the good lies from the bad ones.
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Joseph Cassidy : I had a terrible stammer when I was a child. Took me years to get over it.
James Figueras : I'm so sorry. I didn't know.
Joseph Cassidy : A neighbor of mine gave me some advice. Try and sing through the words to help ease their passage.
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Berenice Hollis : That's what art's about, isn't it? The truth.
James Figueras : No. I mean, pumpkin, if it's just about telling the truth, anybody could do it.
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James Figueras : What are you doing this weekend?
[Berenice scoffs]
James Figueras : What?
Berenice Hollis : You're supposed to ask me out *before* you fuck me.
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James Figueras : Have you got a pen pal, Sugarplum?
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James Figueras : Duluth, huh? Thought there was an accent.
Berenice Hollis : A Duluth accent?
James Figueras : Minnesota. Something weird with the vowels.
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Joseph Cassidy : Can you describe it to me, then?
James Figueras : Well, it's - it's kind of hard to describe, to be honest.
Joseph Cassidy : Well, it's your bloody job describing pictures, isn't it?
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Berenice Hollis : Acting a little strange, boss.
James Figueras : How long have you known me?
Berenice Hollis : A few days.
James Figueras : So how can you possibly say what's strange and what's normal?
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Berenice Hollis : I should tell you the truth.
James Figueras : About what?
Berenice Hollis : Myself.
James Figueras : And what would that be?
Berenice Hollis : Small-town girl, made a mistake. In way over her head, paddling about with sharks like you.
James Figueras : Little Bo-Peep, huh?
Berenice Hollis : Pretty much.
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Berenice Hollis : This isn't who you are, Slick.
James Figueras : Pumpkin, you haven't the slightest idea who I am.
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James Figueras : Do you know what's gonna happen now? You're gonna get out of my apartment. You're gonna get out of my life and go back to your cheap whoring and sucking and fucking!