"If the first of July be rainy weather, It will rain, more of less, for four weeks together."

-- John Ray

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“I always liked records that didn't explain themselves too well - ones that you had to listen a few times.”
“God is in everything whether I'm mentioning him or not.”
“He (Roberto Clemente) is a hero to me.”
“We all have our secrets. We all have our vulnerabilities.”
“Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?”

Source : Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro (1943). “Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien”
“There is an eagle in me that wants to soar...”
“How do we know what we know? Is seeing believing? Is believing seeing?”
“For pain is perhaps but a violent pleasure? Who could determine the point where pleasure becomes pain, where pain is still a pleasure? Is not the utmost brightness of the ideal world soothing to us, while the lightest shadows of the physical world annoy?”

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