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"No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else."
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"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."
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"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting."
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"I want to die painting."
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"But when I worked on a painting I would do it from a drawing but I would put certain things I was fairly sure I wanted in the painting, and then collage on the painting with printed dots or painted paper or something before I really committed it."
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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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"Well, I have a very simple method of painting."
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"Painting is a hobby for me."
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"It is this research into pure painting that is the problem at the present moment. I do not know any painters in Paris who are really searching for this ideal world."
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"Writing and Painting are the same for me."
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"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."
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"This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man."
Work
"There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another."
Nature
"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."
Life
"I need to work to feel well."
Work
"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."
Authenticity
"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."
Imagination
"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."
Interest
"I would kiss you, had I the courage."
Love
"Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail."
Criticism
"No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else."
Painting
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