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"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."
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"With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public."

"We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature."

"Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones."

"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."

"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."

"The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings."
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"Clear skies do not promise rain."

"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."

"A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud."
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