"The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work."

Work, Needs, Obsession

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"The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work."

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"The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

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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."

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"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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"The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement."

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"My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings."

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"A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure."

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"Full, saturated colours have an emotional significance I want to avoid."

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"Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much."

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"I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be."

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