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"The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable."
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"I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions."
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"I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me."
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