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19th century Quote by Raoul Dufy

“France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.” quote by Raoul Dufy — Download Open image

“France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.”

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I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.

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The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.

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American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.

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One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.

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Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.

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My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.

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