Photography has arrived at the point where it is capable of liberating painting from all literature, from the anecdote, and even from the subject. In any case, a certain aspect of the subject now belongs to the domain of photography. So shouldn't painters profit from their newly acquired liberty, and make use of it to do other things?

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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

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Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?

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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

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The first half of life is learning to be an adult-the second half is learning to be a child.

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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.

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The path to youth takes a lifetime.

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Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

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Those trying to explain pictures are as a rule completely mistaken.

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Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

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

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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

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Action is the foundational key to all success.

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It takes a long time to become young.

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A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody.

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Everything you can imagine is real.

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If you're stuck in a painting, then stop and draw something else. Draw a flower and put your love into that flower. Then your powers will come back again.

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When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.

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Don't waste your youth growing up.

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Art is not truth; art is the lie which makes us see the truth.

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Art is an instrument in the war against the enemy.

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