"If my time has come I shall have……" — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
"If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able to devote myself entirely to what I loved best in the world. I had never suffered poverty; I had good parents and excellent friends; I can only thank God."
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
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19 Quotes by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
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I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.
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Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey…
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Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.
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Never lose the first impression which has moved you.
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Art is nature as seen through a temperament.
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Beauty in art is truth bathed in an impression received from nature. I am struck upon seeing a certain place.…
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Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be…
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The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of…
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I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses…
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You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise;…
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I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but…
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Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron -…
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