In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally

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There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

Edouard Manet

In a face, look for the main light and the main shadow; the rest will come naturally — it's often not important. And then you must cultivate your memory, because Nature will only provide you with references. Nature is like a warden in a lunatic asylum. It stops you from becoming banal.

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It is not enough to know your craft - you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.

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Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.

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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

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I paint what I see and not what others like to see.

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