"To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere."
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"With music you can express any emotion, you can paint pictures."
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"Zaandam has enough to paint for a lifetime."
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"I'm in fine fettle and fired with a desire to paint."
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"Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead."
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"Pardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall."
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"When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway."
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"History paints the human heart."
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"Begin by learning to draw and paint like the old masters. After that, you can do as you like; everyone will respect you."
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"The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint."
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"I paint with my back to the world"
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"To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest."
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"A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions."
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"Since I cannot sing, I paint."
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"I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to."
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"When I am finished painting, I paint again for relaxation."
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"Paint what you see and look with your own eyes."
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"If I could say this I wouldn't have to paint."
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"An artist paints his own reality."
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"I do the same thing everyday. I go to work and paint. I try to turn out as many pictures as I can."
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