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A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

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You pass people on the street, some are for you, some are not.

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A picture should be the expression of the will of the painter.

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The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.

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There are mighty few people who think what they think they think.

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Don't stop to paint the material, but push on to give the spirit.

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Things should all be moving toward the expression of a great idea.

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Art is certainly not a pursuit for anyone who wants to make money.

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Be a warhorse for work and enjoy even the struggle against defeat.

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Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you.

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Keep a bad drawing until by study you have found out why it is bad.

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When we respect the nude, we will no longer have any shame about it.

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The reason for the survival of the award system is purely commercial.

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No work of Art is really ever finished. They only stop at good places.

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All the past up to a moment ago is your legacy. You have a right to it.

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Work always as if you were a master, expect from yourself a masterpiece.

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If you work from memory, you are most likely to put in your real feeling.

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If you do not act on a suggestion at first, you grow dull to its message.

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Feel the dignity of a child. Do not feel superior to him, for you are not.

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Reality is obtained not by imitation, but by producing the sense of nature.

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A drawing should be a verdict on the model. Don't confuse a drawing with a map.

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A Curve does not exist in its full power until contrasted with a straight line.

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To have ideas one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.

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The ignorant are to be found as much among the educated as among the uneducated.

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If you think of a school drawing while you work, your drawing will look like one.

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Personal experimentation is revealing, and once you get into it, immensely engaging.

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Drawing is not following a line on the model, it is drawing your sense of the thing.

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Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.

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By my teaching I hope to inspire you to personal activity and to present your vision.

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The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea

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