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"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"
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"Style is primarily a matter of instinct."
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"The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason."
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"Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct."
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"It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water."
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"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"
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"One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else."
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"When instinct speaks, listen to it. It might be the next push you need to reach greater heights."
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"A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy."
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"A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story."
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"What saves us from succumbing to utter meaninglessness is not reason but instinct."
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"When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart."
Soul
"God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists."
God
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing."
People
"At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it."
Creativity
"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character."
Character
"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."
Work
"I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!"
Instinct
"I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!"
Thought
"Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression."
Time
"I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely."
Age
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