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> [...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/art-itself-may-be-defined-as-a-single-minded-attempt-to-render-the/)

[Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/)

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## More by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

> [It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/it-is-better-to-be-nothing-than-a-follower-of-other-painters-the-wise/)

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> [It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/it-seems-to-me-very-important-to-begin-by-an-indication-of-the/)

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> [Never lose the first impression which has moved you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/never-lose-the-first-impression-which-has-moved-you/)

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> [...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/art-itself-may-be-defined-as-a-single-minded-attempt-to-render-the/)

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> [Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/do-console-your-poor-friend-who-is-so-troubled-to-see-his-paintings/)

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> [Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/listen-to-the-advice-of-others-but-follow-only-what-you-understand/)

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> [The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/the-most-important-things-in-a-painting-are-form-and-value-color/)

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> [Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron - the last reflection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/heavens-how-charming-it-is-there-is-now-in-the-sky-only-the-soft/)

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> [Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/don-t-imitate-don-t-follow-the-others-or-else-you-will-lag-behind-them/)

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> [If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/if-my-time-has-come-i-shall-have-nothing-to-complain-of-for-fifty/)

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> [In preparing a study or a picture, it seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values... and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/in-preparing-a-study-or-a-picture-it-seems-to-me-very-important-to/)

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> [I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/i-hope-with-all-my-heart-there-will-be-painting-in-heaven/)

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> [Beauty in art is truth bathed in an impression received from nature. I am struck upon seeing a certain place. While I strive for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/beauty-in-art-is-truth-bathed-in-an-impression-received-from-nature-i/)

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> [I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/i-am-like-a-child-who-blows-up-a-bubble-of-soap-at-first-the-bubble/)

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> [You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-camille-corot/you-know-a-landscape-painter-s-day-is-delightful-you-get-up-early-at/)

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