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I consider painting as a means of expression, not as a goal.
If I spit, they will take my spit and frame it as great art.
The only thing emanating from my pictures should be emotion.
Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.
If I like it, I say it's mine. If I don't I say it's a fake.
My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will.
Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see.
I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.
Nature is not a free lunch, but we treat it as a free lunch.
People love mystery, and that is why they love my paintings.
Imagine a world without art: it's George Orwell's nightmare!
There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.
This world is very dark, but in Heaven there is no darkness.
People are reminded that it's not all ugliness in the world.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.
No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
I sometimes think there is nothing so delightful as drawing.
Painters understand nature and love it, and teach us to see.
It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.
Art means something very rare, an extraordinary achievement.
Remember, you can do anything in your world that you want to.
I despise the opinion of the press and the so-called critics.
A painting without something disturbing in it – what's that?.
Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.
Art, like love, excludes all competition and absorbs the man.
I look at my pictures, and I think, 'Well, how did I do that?
I paint every day. I really have no hobbies. That's all I do.
The picture should be fecund. It must bring a world to birth.
Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.
People of higher talent work, even if they seem to do nothing
Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.
The study of what is excellent is food for the mind and body.
What am I? Do I know? I am a man: quite simply, a 'breather.'
On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.
I succeeded in simply attending at the birth of all my works.
Everything exists in limited quantity - especially happiness.
To know what you're going to draw, you have to begin drawing.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.
I got serious about painting at 12, when most people give up.
Without ethical consciousness, a painter is only a decorator.
My concern is never art, but always what art can be used for.
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
I must beware of the photo, get what I can of it and then go.
My brother and I always had jobs and worked from a young age.
Still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.
I act with full responsibility and after extensive reflection.