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"There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug."
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"Don't make changes to suit others, stay true to yourself."

"If there's something I'm not good at, it's usually because I just organically despise it. I can't help that. I'm fabulous at too many other things to waste my time faking it."

"Once you show someone your true colors it is impossible to paint over them."

"A human should realize himself and be responsible for himself if he wants to become the true person he is to be."

"Of all individuals, the hated, the shunned, and the peculiar are arguably most themselves. They wear no masks whatsoever in order to be accepted and liked; they do seem most guarded, but only by their own hands: as compared to the populace, they are naked."

"The closer you come to your authentic self, the simpler everything becomes. Listen to your intuition. It will tell you who you are."

"Your life "behind the scenes" must correspond to your life "on stage." What you preach must correspond to how you live."

"Be true to yourself to reveal your own unique beauties, feelings, and perceptions."
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"You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real."

"It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more."

"The attacks of which I have been the object have broken the spring of life in me... People don't realize what it feels like to be constantly insulted."
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