Francis Bacon1909 年生於愛爾蘭都柏林， 1929 年起自學繪畫，之後斷斷續續開始創作，並於 1945 年卅六歲時，以三幅十字受刑架上的人像習作油畫參加英國倫敦拉斐爾畫廊聯展，此畫作反映出當時人們因戰爭內心的痛苦，而一舉成名。
法蘭西斯． 培根的作品以「人的身體」為主題，並藉由名作重新詮釋來表現個人心理而著名，畫作風格大膽、怪誕、暴力，多是以扭曲猙獰的臉孔和人體來傳達強烈的情緒，其中以「教宗英諾森十世」習作（改自委拉斯貴茲）最為著名。 1971 年法國藝術鑑賞雜誌把培根列為當時十大畫家之首，並是本世紀唯一的一位享譽國際且具影響力的英國畫家。
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
畫家的職責總是要為難以理解的事物添加更深沈的色彩 .
I believe in deeply ordered CHAOS ---- Francis Bacon
我深信混亂之中有其潛在的秩序。
Existence is in a way so banal, you may as well try and make a kind of grandeur of it.
存在是如此一種平庸的方式，你也可以嘗試創造另一種的富麗堂皇.
I don't think people are born artists, I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet,and luck,It is not hereditary,thanks Godness.
藝術家不是生來就是藝術家,而是生活環境、人生際遇與運勢共同造就而成，絕非遺傳，謝天謝地。
What I want to do is to distort the thing far beyond the appearance, but in the distortion to bring it back to a recording of the appearance.
我要做的扭曲是遠遠超過事物的表象,但在這樣的扭曲中,正是要讓它回歸表象的記錄.
Even as old as I am, it doesn't stop me from looking at man...Passion keeps you young,and passion and liberty are so seductive.
年華的老去,並沒有降低我對人的觀賞興致...熱情會讓你保持青春,且熱情與無拘無束是令人無法抗拒.
Hardly anyone really feels about painting,they read things into it,even the most intelligent people -- they think they understand it,But very,very few people are aesthetically touched by painting.
很少人能有繪畫的感知力,許多人都愛妄加解讀,即便是最聰慧的人...他們以為很瞭解繪畫的意涵,事實上很稀少的人能在美學上真正被一幅畫作感動..
" The great effort about what i do is I'm making myself freer .
I mean , you either have to do it through drugs or drink or extreme despair .... "
" I want a very ordered image but I want it come about by chance "
" I've always wanted and never succeeded in painting the smile "
微笑,是我一直努力卻永遠也無法畫出來的東西.
