"We...believe that art is religious, because it is one of man's highest aspirations. There is no such thing as pagan art, only good and bad art."
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"An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it."
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"From the biography of Freud, by Irving Stone, said by Freud's fiance after he teased her for being sweet, "Beware of truly sweet people. They have will of iron."
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"Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him."
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"It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out."
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"To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer."
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"There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before."
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"Savoir souffrir sans se plaindre, ça c'est la seule chose pratique, c'est la grande science, la leçon à apprendre, la solution du problème de la vie.[Knowing how to suffer without complaining is the only practical thing, it's the great science, the lesson to learn, the solution to the problem of life.]"
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"You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important."
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"I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]"
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"The maximum value of art is that it allows the artist to express himself."
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"... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting."
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"The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns."
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"Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures."
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"He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'"
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"You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]"
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"Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind."
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"Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]"
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"Normal people do not create art."
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"How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it."
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