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• A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it is a…
• The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell 'how it happened', nor could he repeat…
• In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.
• Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red,…
• We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence…
• A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily…
• The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface -…
• Rest assured that if you work every day at your art, using the materials nearest at hand, you will gradually discover such…
• It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art…
• This art of conservation is strength, and makes the masterpiece a masterpiece. Otherwise, the man who simply brought all the different colors…
• If you train yourself in memory work, you fearlessly attack and rearrange your material, for you can retain your original impression.
• The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require…

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