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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.

No one can be a painter unless he cares for painting above all else.

The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

A great painting is a great painting.

There are, of course, always painters whom I admire and find fascinating. I've often thought, 'Goodness, if I could paint like the Danish Golden Age painters, the early 19th century painters, the way they could paint a landscape - absolutely beautiful.'

A painter's tastes must grow out of what so obsesses him in life that he never has to ask himself what it is suitable for him to do in art.

A painter must think of everything he sees as being there entirely for his own use and pleasure.

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.

Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.