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"Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal."
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"With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again."
"Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture."
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"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing."
"A sculpture is just a painting cut out and stood up somewhere."
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"When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves."
"Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things."
"The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired."
"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients."
"France is the only nation in which astoundingly small numbers of civilized patrons reside."
"Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired."
"The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it."
"Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal."
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