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Quote by Charles Webster Hawthorne

“We must all teach ourselves to be fine, to be poets.”

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Charles Webster Hawthorne was an American painter known for his outdoor painting and naturalistic style. His works emphasized the use of light and color, which had a profound impact on later artists. more

“There can be no question of selecting in any direction, but of penetrating the whole cosmic law of rhythms, forces and material that are the real world, from the ugliest to the most beautiful, everything that has character and expression, from the crudest and most brutal to the gentlest and most delicate; everything that speaks to us in its capacity as life.”

World Real Whole Character Beautiful Law Choices Speak Force Expression Materials Capacity Rhythm Real World Cosmic Delicate Brutal Life Choices

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“To make the material speak to man in the name of man, this is the aim and reality of art.”

Men Art Reality Names Speak Materials Communication Aim

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“We are not disillusioned because we have no illusions... What we have and what is our strength, is our joy in life... in all its amoral aspects. That is also the basis of our contemporary art.”

Art Joy Illusion Aspect Bases Contemporary Disillusioned Contemporary Art

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“The significance of something lies in its presence here and now. I don't care what it has been or what it will become. It is the experience of things that matters, the confrontation with things.”

Has Beens Matter Care Lying Experience Don't Care I Don't Care Significance Here And Now Confrontation Things That Matter

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