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• God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
• All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.
• The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of…
• Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little.
• I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
• At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am…
• Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.
• Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.
• Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.
• I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
• I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side…
• I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place…

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