"It does not astonish me that the critics……" — Camille Pissarro
"It does not astonish me that the critics in London relegate me to the lowest rank. Alas! I fear that they are only too justified!"
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Camille Pissarro
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26 Quotes by Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro has 26 quotes on this site.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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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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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
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And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
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Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.
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Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!
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Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I,…
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Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will!
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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my…
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