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Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

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When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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I dream my painting and then I paint my dream.

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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

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I have tried to express the idea that the café is a place where one can ruin oneself, go mad, or commit a crime.

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One of the most beautiful things to do is to paint darkness, which nevertheless has light in it.

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My great longing is to learn to make those very incorrectnesses, those deviations, remodellings, changes of reality, so that they may become, yes, unt...more

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I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I, whic...more