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"The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable."
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"Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?"
"Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate."
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"The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting."
"Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics."
"In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people."
"Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great."
"I use a retouching varnish which is made in France, Libert, and that's all the varnish I use."
"My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature."
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