There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

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It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within...

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course...

My curves are not crazy.

My curves are not crazy.

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color -...

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And...

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

The best way to kill time is to work it to death

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that...

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that...

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be...

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

Aren't you [Tahiti Lagoons] one of the seven wonders of the Paradise of painters?

Hate is more lasting than dislike

Hate is more lasting than dislike

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...

Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings - men,...