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> [It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/it-is-only-after-years-of-struggle-and-deprivation-that-the-young/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

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## More by El Greco

> [It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/it-is-only-after-years-of-struggle-and-deprivation-that-the-young/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/painting-because-of-its-universality-becomes-speculation/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/i-suffer-for-my-art-and-despise-the-witless-moneyed-scoundrels-who/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/i-was-created-by-the-all-powerful-god-to-fill-the-universe-with-my/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/i-paint-because-the-spirits-whisper-madly-inside-my-head/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [The language of art is celestial in origin and can only be understood by the chosen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/the-language-of-art-is-celestial-in-origin-and-can-only-be-understood/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [Art is everywhere you look for it, hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/art-is-everywhere-you-look-for-it-hail-the-twinkling-stars-for-they/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [Can the darkness condemn the light?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/can-the-darkness-condemn-the-light/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

> [Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/el-greco/artists-create-out-of-a-sense-of-desolation-the-spirit-of-creation-is/)

[El Greco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/el-greco/)

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