Maurice de Vlaminck Quotes
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The thought of becoming a painter never as much as occurred to me. I would have laughed out loud if someone had suggested that I choose painting as a career. To be a painter is not a business, no more than to be an artist, lover, racer, dreamer, or prizefighter. It is a gift of Nature, a gift..
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The war World War 1. gave me a certainty of belief. I grew aware of the bankruptcy of theories, of the theories of intellectuals as well as artists. L'art pour l'art and other grave problems no longer gave me a headache; they seemed to me so much bosh hand interested me as little as platonic love.
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In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.
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When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh.
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Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.
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how anyone could remain an individual if he had to conform with senseless orders and old foolish things without being asked his opinion on them.
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..a revolt against an established order in painting, a revolt against an established order in society, a same spirit of provocation..
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I wanted to burn down the 'École de Beaux Arts' with my cobalts and vermilions and I wanted to express my feelings with my brushes without troubling what painting was like before me.. .Life and me, me and life.