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“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”

“For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.”

“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means.”

“No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.”

“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”

“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.”

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”

“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.”

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”