My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.
What I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.
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