Quote #28

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

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  3. A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave.
  4. In modern art, it is undoubtedly to Cezanne that I owe the most.
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  6. Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better.
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