"I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely."

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Source : Joachim Pissarro, Camille Pissarro, Musée d'Orsay (2005). “Pioneering modern painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885”

Camille Pissarro

#Age Quotes #Wanted Quotes #Forty Quotes

“To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.”
“I'm just another guy starting out.”
“Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.”
“There are countless ways of achieving greatness, but any road to achieving one's maximum potential must be built on a bedrock of respect for the individual, a commitment to excellence, and a rejection of mediocrity.”
“We don't go to school to learn, but to be soaked in the prejudices of our class, without which we should be useless and unhappy.”
“I conceive disgust at these impertinent and misbecoming familiarities inscribed upon your ordinary tombstone.”
“The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.”
“A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction.”

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