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Wealth, in terms of dollars and so forth, could be counted up, because dollars were finite. It doesn’t make any difference how many dollars you have - at a certain point you only have dollars. You start with finite, you end with finite.

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John French Sloan

Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese. . . When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture we lose the content, because those artists were part of an ancient tradition. Our tradition changes rapidly, our schools of thought come to fruition quickly and decay again. We see differently.

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Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.

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Art is the result of a creative impulse derived out of a consciousness of life.

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When you draw a crowd of people in a street or room or landscape, decide whether you want to say that the people dominate the place or that the place is more important than the people.

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Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.

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Don't be afraid to borrow. The great men, the most original, borrowed from everybody.

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