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"I want paint to work as flesh."
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"The painter must give a completely free rein to any feeling or sensations he may have and reject nothing to which he is naturally drawn."
"There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does more than strike one as merely being so."
"Since the model he so faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture... it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model."
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"As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as flesh does."
"The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement."
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