Camille Pissarro Quotes

• Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

  Camille Pissarro

  Life, Beautiful, Art

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• Everything is beautiful, all that matters is to be able to interpret.

  Camille Pissarro

  Beautiful, Matter, Able

  In a letter to his son Lucien, 26 July 1892, as quoted in "Letters of the great artists - from Blake to Pollock" by Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, (p. 146), 1963.

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• It is absurd to look for perfection.

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  Perfection, Looks, Absurd

  Joachim Pissarro, Camille Pissarro, Musée d'Orsay (2005). “Pioneering modern painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885”

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• All the sorrow, all the bitterness, all the sadness, I forget them and ignore them in the joy of working.

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  Passion, Sadness, Joy

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• Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?

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  Art, Soul, Desire

  Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro (1943). “Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien”

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• 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.

  Camille Pissarro

  Sky, Water, First Impression

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• When you do a thing with your whole soul and everything that is noble within you, you always find your counterpart.

  Camille Pissarro

  Soul, Noble, Counterparts

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• 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.

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  Art, Character, Drawing

  Camille Pissarro, John Rewald (1963). “Camille Pissarro”, Harry N Abrams Inc

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• God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.

  Camille Pissarro

  Children, Artist, Care

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• Paint the essential character of things.

  Camille Pissarro

  Art, Character, Essentials

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• The subject should be observed more for shape and color than for drawing... precise drawing is dry and hampers the impression of the whole, it destroys all sensations.

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  Color, Drawing, Dry

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• One can do such lovely things with so little. Subjects that are too beautiful end by appearing theatrical.

  Camille Pissarro

  Beautiful, Lovely, Littles

  In a letter to his son Lucien, 26 July 1892, as quoted in "Letters of the great artists - from Blake to Pollock" by Richard Friedenthal, Thames and Hudson, London, p. 146, 1963.

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• Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add.

  Camille Pissarro

  Add, Firsts, Canvas

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• I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.

  Camille Pissarro

  Art, Thinking, Waste

  Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro (1943). “Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien”

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• Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

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  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Risk

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• Cover the canvas at the first go, and then work on till you see nothing more to add ... Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel. Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

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  First Impression, Firsts, Principles

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• I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

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  Age, Wanted, Forty

  Joachim Pissarro, Camille Pissarro, Musée d'Orsay (2005). “Pioneering modern painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885”

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• I think when one has talent one finally breaks through; so don't pass up any opportunity to do some work.

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  Opportunity, Thinking, Break Through

  Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro (1943). “Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien”

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• We are all the subjects of impressions, and some of use seek to convey the impressions to others. In the art of communicating impressions lies the power of generalizing without losing that logical connection of parts to the whole which satisfies the mind.

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  Art, Lying, Mind

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• At times I come across works of mine which are soundly done and really in my style, and at such moments I find great solace.

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  Style, Done, Satisfaction

  Camille Pissarro, Lucien Pissarro (1943). “Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien”

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• Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little.

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  Color, Littles

  "Painting Outside the lines, Patterns of Creativity in Modern Art". Book edited by David W. Galenson, pp. 84-85, note 40, 2009.

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• It is the brushwork of the right value and color which should produce the drawing.

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  Color, Drawing, Should

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• 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!

  Camille Pissarro

  Jewels, Monsters, Canvas

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• But as I see it, the most corrupt art is the sentimental the art of orange blossoms which make pale women swoon.

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  Art, Orange, Sentimental

  1883 Letter to his son Lucien.

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• Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.

  Camille Pissarro

  Truthful, Weak, Difficult

  1883 Letter to his son Lucien, Jul.

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