Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.