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An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature. |
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Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.- J. G. Holland
Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.
The love of their country is with them only a mode of flattering its master; as soon as they think that master can no longer hear, they speak of everything with a frankness which is the more startling because those who listen to it become responsible.
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.
