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A work of art can only come from the interior of man. Art is the form of the image formed upon the nerves, heart, brain and eye of man.
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Art is a lie that helps us to realize the truth.
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Painting isn't an aesthetic operation; it's a form of magic designed as a mediator between this strange, hostile world and us, a way of seizing the power by giving form to our terrors as well as our desires.
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I am trying to prove to myself that I am a person. Then may be I'll convince myself that I'm an actress.
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Remember the great adversity of art or anything else is a hurried life.
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What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is a musician? On the contrary, he is at the same time a political being, constantly on the alert to the heart-rending, burning, or happy events in the world, molding himself in their likeness.
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Why should I copy this owl, this sea urchin? Why should I try to imitate nature? I might just as well try to trace a perfect circle.
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You can go to the moon or walk under the sea, or anything else you like, but painting remains painting because it eludes such investigation. It remains there like a question. And it alone gives the answer.
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Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.
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What a trade! Poor painters! They always wish to be understood, and they are analysed instead.
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