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"When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing."
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"A painting shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy."

"I have never subscribed to the Dirty Pallet school of painting."

"Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture."

"With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again."

"Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed."

"I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting."

"The dog, the rabbit and the hoop all feature in the painting, and take the place of the orrery."

"Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy."
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"When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen."

"I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc."
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