Famous quote by Balthus

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"Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really"

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This quote is written / told by Balthus between February 29, 1908 and February 18, 2001. He/she was a famous Artist from France. The author also have 9 other quotes.

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"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbour"

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary"

"It is not hard to understand modern art. If it hangs on a wall it's a painting, and if you can walk around it it's a sculpture"

"Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality"

"You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame"

"I want to paint big, bright, optimistic pictures of the place I love"

John Dyer, Artist

"I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza"

"If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting"

"Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see"

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things"