"It is to Titian we must turn our eyes to find excellence with regard to color, and light and shade, in the highest degree. He was both the first and the greatest master of this art. By a few strokes he knew how to mark the general image and character of whatever object he attempted..."

-- Joshua Reynolds

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“The Canadian Identity, it seems, is truly elusive only at home. Beyond the borders Canadians know exactly who they are, within they see themselves as part of a family, a street, a neighbourhood, a community, a province , a region, and on special occasions like Canada Day and Grey Cup weekend and, of course, during the Winter Olympics, a country called Canada. Beyond the borders, they pine; within the borders, they more often whine”
“Actually, when I was very young, first starting to play, I think I probably listened more to clarinet players than to saxophones.”
“If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.”
“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

Source : Interview in "Hollywood Reporter", 1954.
“Toward the One, the perfection of love, harmony and beauty, the only being, united with all the illuminated souls who form the embodiment of the master, the spirit of guidance.”
“I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.”
“Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity.”
“Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.”

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