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The painter goes through states of fullness and evaluation. That is the whole secret of art.
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It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
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Their forms had no more influence on me than they did on Matisse. Or Derain. But for them, the masks were sculptures like all others. When Matisse showed me his first African head, he spoke to me of Egyptian art.
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My whole life has been nothing more than a continuous struggle against Reaction and the death of art.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Job)
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
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I've mastered drawing and am looking for color; you've mastered color and are looking for drawing.
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A young artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work.
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If I paint a hammer and sickle people may think it is a representation of Communism, but for me it is only a hammer and sickle. I just want to reproduce the objects for what they are, not for what they mean.
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Imitators? All right! Disciples if you like. But disciples be damned. It's not interesting.
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The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.
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