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At 18 I began painting steadily fulltime and at age 20 had my first New York show at the Macbeth Gallery. ↗

— Andrew Wyeth

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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I dream of painting and then I paint my dream. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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