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I would have been in mortal misery all my life for fear my wife might say, "That's a pretty little thing," after I had finished a picture.


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Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.

Painting is easy when you don't know how but very difficult when you do.



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Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see.



A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.



You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.

You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.



Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?



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Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.



The true traveler never arrives.

The true traveler never arrives.



No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.

No art is less spontaneous than mine. What I do is the result of reflection and the study of the great masters.



Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.

Everyone has talent at twenty-five. The difficulty is to have it at fifty.



He once said that he wished to be famous, but unknown.

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