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title: "1 Light Nature Quotes By Arthur Dove"
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> [We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/we-cannot-express-the-light-in-nature-because-we-have-not-the-sun-we/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

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## More by Arthur Dove

> [What constitutes American painting?... things may be in America, but it's what is in the artist that counts. What do we call 'American' outside…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/what-constitutes-american-painting-things-may-be-in-america-but-it-s/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [It is hard for a flat thing to understand a round one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/it-is-hard-for-a-flat-thing-to-understand-a-round-one/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [I look at nature, I see myself. Paintings are mirrors, so is nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/i-look-at-nature-i-see-myself-paintings-are-mirrors-so-is-nature/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [It is the form the idea takes in the imagination rather than the form as it exists outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/it-is-the-form-the-idea-takes-in-the-imagination-rather-than-the-form/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [I should like to take the wind and water and sand as a motif and work with them, but it has to be simplified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/i-should-like-to-take-the-wind-and-water-and-sand-as-a-motif-and-work/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [How do you feel about a person when you're talking over the phone? If you know them, or if you don't know them, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/how-do-you-feel-about-a-person-when-you-re-talking-over-the-phone-if/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which I wish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/theories-have-been-outgrown-the-means-is-disappearing-the-reality-of/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [We cannot express the light in nature because we have not the sun. We can only express the light we have in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/we-cannot-express-the-light-in-nature-because-we-have-not-the-sun-we/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

> [I would like to make something that is real in itself that does not remind anyone of any other things, and that does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-dove/i-would-like-to-make-something-that-is-real-in-itself-that-does-not/)

[Arthur Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-dove/)

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