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"I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me."
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"One can find so many pains when the rain is falling."
"The hidden hand of contentment is in the rewards of the gratified. The hidden hand of bliss is in the rewards of the tranquil. The hidden hand of happiness is in the rewards of the elated. The hidden hand of joy is in the rewards of the jubilant."
"Love in fools is better than hate in the wise."
"If you get too close to the sun, you will burn; if you get too far, you will freeze: this is how it is with passion."
"Love is the greatest drug; joy is the strongest medicine; virtue is the noblest remedy; together, they are the greatest therapy."
"Love that hurts is better than hate that tickles."
"One who loves lives a thousand years in one day, one who hates only lives one day in a thousand years."
"Hate spreads in the direction it is blown, but love spreads in all directions."
"The universe acknowledges the value of your tears; for when it rains, it is shedding its own."
"When love enters your heart, hate is given an eviction notice."
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"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language."
"I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer."
"What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue."
"I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me."
"A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you."
"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."
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