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“I know well enough in advance that you'll find my paintings perfect. I know that if they are exhibited they'll be a great success, but I couldn't be more indifferent to it since I know they are bad, I'm certain of it.”

Ifs Knows Wells Enough Certain Perfect Painting Perfection Indifferent Great Success

Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters

“In large studio paintings... composition, or arrangement, may be better studied, and nearer perfection, washes may be more suavely graded.”

May Painting Perfection Studios Composition Arrangements

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs.”

Knows Sometimes Done Painting Fine Perfection Shining Clean Paint Quitting Polish

Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“It's not about perfection. What's a perfect painting? What's interesting about a perfect painting?”

Perfect Interesting Painting Perfection

Author:Peter Doig

“Quality and perfection are achieved with time. You do not create a perfect painting or a perfect poem by hurrying. Time is always coming.”

Perfect Quality Painting Perfection Hurrying

Author:Satish Kumar