"No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places."
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"There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom."
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"When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature."
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"Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual."
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"A weak background is a deadly thing."
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"An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible."
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"It is the common defect of modern art study. Too many students do not know why they draw."
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"It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into what is before him."
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"A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain."
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"There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love."
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"Cherish your own emotions and never undervalue them."
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"All real works of art look as though they were done in joy."
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"Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad."
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"Art is, after all, only a trace – like a footprint which shows that one has walked bravely and in great happiness."
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"A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map."
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"To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science."
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"A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line."
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"There is no art without contemplation."
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"When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it."
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"In a tree there is a spirit of life, a spirit of growth and a spirit of holding its head up."
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