“An original is a creation motivated by desire. Any reproduction of an originals motivated be necessity. It is marvelous that we are the only species that creates gratuitous forms. To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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