“It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.”
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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.
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.
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.
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
