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I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as ...more

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As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.

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Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling wi...more

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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.

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It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.

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Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cotta...more

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I hope to depart in no other way than looking back with love and wistfulness and thinking, oh paintings that I would have made..

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One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.

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..it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don’t know the artistic side of a painting.

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Art is to console those who are broken by life.

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Painting is a faith and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

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Still there is a calm pure harmony and music inside of me.

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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

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It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done ...more