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> [“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/to-create-works-of-art-meant-no-less-to-him-than-to-paint-life-not/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

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## More by Ingo Walther

> [“Yet it was precisely these points which marked out van Gogh's own view of beauty, based on the people in his environment, who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/yet-it-was-precisely-these-points-which-marked-out-van-gogh-s-own/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

> [“To be attached to one's dreams and yet to advocate reality constituted no contradiction in Chagall's eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/to-be-attached-to-one-s-dreams-and-yet-to-advocate-reality/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

> [“and I am quite sure that they are worth being painted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/and-i-am-quite-sure-that-they-are-worth-being-painted/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

> [“Changes in societal structure and in art would possess more creditbility if they had their origins in the soul & spirit. If people read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/changes-in-societal-structure-and-in-art-would-possess-more-2/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

> [“I put my heart and soul into my work, and have half lost my mind in the process.' Van Gogh”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/i-put-my-heart-and-soul-into-my-work-and-have-half-lost-my-mind-in/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

> [“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingo-walther/to-create-works-of-art-meant-no-less-to-him-than-to-paint-life-not/)

[Ingo Walther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingo-walther/)

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