#sensations

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations. ↗

— Paul Cezanne

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The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

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European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films. ↗

— Charlotte Rampling

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I have tried to present my sensations in what is the most congenial and impressive form possible to me. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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Ordinarily pleasure and pain are regarded as different from sensations. ↗

— Ernst Mach

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It was a great thing to be a human being. It was something tremendous. Suddenly I'm conscious of a million sensations buzzing in me like bees in a hive. Gentlemen, it was a great thing. ↗

— Karel Capek

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Well, I've always been interested in approaching a big city in a train, and I can't exactly describe the sensations, but they're entirely human and perhaps have nothing to do with aesthetics. ↗

— Edward Hopper

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

— Camille Pissarro

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God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

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