“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that is wants to live humbly for one.”
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
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“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
― Walden: Or, Life in the Woods
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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