Argument Quote by Georges Rouault

“Like the ostrich, head under wingWhen the roaring storm breaks,So many people take refugeUnder the soft pillowOf specious arguments.”

Georges Rouault

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Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

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For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

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The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

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Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of…

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