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I am never in a hurry to reac...

I am never in a hurry to reach details. First and above all I am interested in the large masses and the general character of a picture; when these are well established, then I try for subtleties of form and color. I rework the painting constantly and freely, and without any systematic method.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

It seems to me very important...

It seems to me very important to begin by an indication of the darkest values (assuming that the canvas is white), and to continue in order to the lightest value. From the darkest to the lightest I would establish twenty shades...

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

The most important things in ...

The most important things in a painting are Form and Value. Color comes last - like a friend you welcome.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

It is better to be nothing th...

It is better to be nothing than a follower of other painters. The wise man has said when one follows another one is always behind.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

Art is nature as seen through...

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

I am like a child who blows u...

I am like a child who blows up a bubble of soap. At first the bubble is very small, but it is already spherical. Then the child blows the bubble up very softly, until he is afraid that it will burst.

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...Art itself may be defined ...

...Art itself may be defined as a single minded attempt to render the highest kind of justice to the visible universe, by bringing to light the truth, manifold and one, underlying its every aspect.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

Listen to the advice of other...

Listen to the advice of others, but follow only what you understand and can unite in your own feeling. Be firm, be meek, but follow your own convictions. It is better to be nothing than an echo of other painters.

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Be guided by feelings alone. ...

Be guided by feelings alone. Abandon yourself to your first impression. If you really have been touched, you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

I always entreat the good Lor...

I always entreat the good Lord to give me my childhood back, that is to say, to grant that I may see nature and render it like a child, without prejudice.

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Don't imitate, don't follow t...

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

You know, a landscape painter...

You know, a landscape painter's day is delightful. You get up early, at three o'clock in the morning, before sunrise; you go and sit under a tree; you watch and wait. At first there is nothing much to be seen. Nature looks like a whitish canvas with a few broad outlines faintly sketched in; all is misty, everything quivers in the cool dawn breeze. The sky lights up. The sun has not yet burst through the gauze veil that hides the meadow, the little valley, the hill on the horizon... Ah, a first ray of sunshine!

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The first things to study are...

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art.

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Heavens, how charming it is! ...

Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron - the last reflection of the sun which plunges into the dark blue of the night, going from green tones to a pale turquoise of an unheard-of fineness and a fluid delicacy quite indescribable.

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If my time has come I shall h...

If my time has come I shall have nothing to complain of. For fifty-tree years I have been painting; so I have been able to devote myself entirely to what I loved best in the world. I had never suffered poverty; I had good parents and excellent friends; I can only thank God.

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Do console your poor friend, w...

Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before his eyes!

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Don't imitate, don't follow ...

Don't imitate, don't follow the others, or else you will lag behind them.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

I hope with all my heart there...

I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

Never lose the first impressio...

Never lose the first impression which has moved you.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

Art is nature as seen through ...

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 5 quotes

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