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> [Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/remember-that-a-painting-before-it-is-a-battle-horse-a-nude-model-or/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

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## More by Maurice Denis

> [All artists are now free to express their own personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/all-artists-are-now-free-to-express-their-own-personality/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

> [We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/we-learned-from-gauguin-that-every-work-of-art-is-a-transposition-a/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

> [Art is when things appear rounded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/art-is-when-things-appear-rounded/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

> [All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/all-that-is-necessary-to-paint-well-is-to-be-sincere/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

> [Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-denis/remember-that-a-painting-before-it-is-a-battle-horse-a-nude-model-or/)

[Maurice Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-denis/)

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