"One can do such lovely things with so little. Subjects that are too beautiful end by appearing theatrical."

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Source : In a letter to his son Lucien, 26 July 1892, as quoted in "Letters of the great artists - from Blake to Pollock" by Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, p. 146, 1963.

Camille Pissarro

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“There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.”
“Emotions are far harder things to understand than algebra and geometry, yet we spend hours in elucidating mathematics and expect such a problem as that of human relationships to solve itself.”
“I've never done so much bloody crying in my life. I was always moaning about how hard it was when we were shooting, how awful I felt.”
“Rota's personality is compatible with mine.”
“I like a calm life where nobody bothers me.”
“If I sit next to a madman as he drives a car into a group of innocent bystanders, I can't, as a Christian, simply wait for the catastrophe, then comfort the wounded and bury the dead. I must try to wrestle the steering wheel out of the hands of the driver.”
“We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.”
“How shall the murdered man convince his assassin he will not haunt him.”

Source : Malcolm Lowry (2012). “Under the Volcano: A Novel”, p.105, Open Road Media

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