"Cover the canvas at the first go, and……" — Camille Pissarro
"Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression."
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Camille Pissarro
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26 Quotes by Camille Pissarro
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All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.
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The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the…
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Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only…
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At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty,…
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Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.
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Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
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Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
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I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's…
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I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the…
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster…
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