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Camille Pissarro [1830-1903] French

Rank: 102
Artist (with paintings), Painter
Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

Camille Pissarro was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas. His importance resides in his contributions to both Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.

Art, Fear, God, Work

Quote	Tags	Rank
Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.	Work	101
God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.	God	102
At fifty, that is in 1880, I formulated the idea of unity, without being able to render it. At sixty, I am beginning to see the possibility of rendering it.		103
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.		104
Paint the essential character of things.	Art	105
Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.		106
When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.		107
Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time.		108
I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!	Fear	109
It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character.		110
Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.		111
I remember that, although I was full of fervour, I didn't have the slightest inkling, even at forty, of the deeper side to the movement we were pursuing by instinct. It was in the air!		112
It is absurd to look for perfection.		113
Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.		114
I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.		115
I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.		116

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