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Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.


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Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.

Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.



Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.



I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.



Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.



I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.



...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.



The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.



The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.



It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.



Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error...

Be guided by feeling alone. We are only simple mortals, subject to error...





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Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.



To my fellow authors heed these words with much importance, " It is redundant for a true writer to sell their soul for literary fame, since the soul is a writer's inner voice...

To my fellow authors heed these words with much importance, " It is redundant for a true writer to sell their soul for literary fame, since the soul is a writer's inner voice...



Each generation must discover its own mission orl drown into the well of oblivion

Each generation must discover its own mission orl drown into the well of oblivion



We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.

We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.



I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.



I went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it.

I went into the world, threw myself into the world, and great things came out of it.



God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.

God created infinity, and man, unable to understand infinity, had to invent finite sets.



I'm not that big of a partier. I wasn't concerned about missing out on things in college.

I'm not that big of a partier. I wasn't concerned about missing out on things in college.



The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.

The gun goes off and everthing changes... the world changes... and nothing else really matters.



Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.

Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.




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