As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.
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Both she and I have grief enough and trouble enough, but as for regrets – neither of us have any.
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Let me stop there, but my God, how beautiful Shakespeare is, who else is as mysterious as he is; his language and method are like a brush trembling wi...
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There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cotta...
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I hope to depart in no other way than looking back with love and wistfulness and thinking, oh paintings that I would have made..
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One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
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Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter i...
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..it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don’t know the artistic side of a painting.
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Painting is a faith and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.
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Still there is a calm pure harmony and music inside of me.
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A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
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You can live to be old or young, but you'll always have moments when you lose your head.
