I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.
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With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
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Exactitude is not truth.
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In the beginning you must subject yourself to the influence of nature. You must be able to walk firmly on the ground before you start walking on a tightrope.
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My curves are not crazy.
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You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.
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