Artist Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

11 Artist quotes by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot’s reflections on being an artist come through in eleven succinct statements. This modest selection gives a clear sense of his lyrical, naturalist approach, ideal for a quick read.

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Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

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I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

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The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is…

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I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

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The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

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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…

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It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the…

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Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

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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…

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Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

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I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

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