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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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"What saves us from succumbing to utter meaninglessness is not reason but instinct."
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"Dancing is the normal prelude to intercourse."
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"The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves."
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"We would not reliably assent to reproduce unless we first had lost our minds."
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"There are many paths beyond the rules of limited thinking. Trust your instincts!"
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"A 'biomass' man reaction comes from reflexes and instinct."
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"Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct."
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"A wolf's thoughts are seldom far from its appetite."
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"Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray."
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"Literature... is the union of suffering with the instinct for form."
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"Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time."
Art
"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
"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
"God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists."
God
"I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value."
Art
"Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes."
Mistake
"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
"When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart."
Soul
"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
"Paint the essential character of things."
Character
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