"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character."

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"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character."

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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

George Eliot, British Author

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"Failures make character, not success."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"Three essential virtues are patient, loyalty and kindness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware that he has them, but this is specially true of humility."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"If you treat yourself well, you will be good to others."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Strive to be a person of character not a person of power."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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Explore more quotes by Camille Pissarro

"I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely."

Age

"I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!"

Thought

"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"

Instinct

"God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists."

God

"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."

Work

"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing."

People

"It is absurd to look for perfection."

Perfection

"Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time."

Art

"Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression."

Time

"At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it."

Creativity