Jazz is rhythm and meaning.
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A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
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Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
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Whoever wishes to devote himself to painting should begin by cutting out his own tongue.
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