Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.

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Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

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The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.

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When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.

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An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

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Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.

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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all to prudent.

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It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.

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