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One always begins by imitating.
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One always begins by imitating.
Criticism is like many other things, it drags along after what has already been said and doesn't get out of its rut.
We work not only to produce but to give value to time.
One must learn to be grateful for one's own findings.
One never paints violently enough.
Give me some mud, and I will paint you a woman's flesh.
The first virtue of a painting is that it be a feast for the eyes.
There is a man whose qualities can be savored by people who are getting old. The painter qualities are carried to the highest point in his work: what he does is done, through and through; when he paints eyes, they are lit with the fire of life.
The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring.
A fine suggestion, a sketch with great feeling, can be as expressive as the most finished product.