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An Artist Worthy Of The Name Should Express All The Truth Of Nature, Not Only The Exterior Truth, But Also, And Above All, The Inner Truth.

Black Is The Queen Of Colours.

There Are Unknown Forces In Nature; When We Give Ourselves Wholly To Her, Without Reserve, She Lends Them To Us; She Shows Us These Forms, Which Our Watching Eyes Do Not See, Which Our Intelligence Does Not Understand Or Suspect.

The Only Principle In Art Is To Copy What You See. Dealers In Aesthetics To The Contrary, Every Other Method Is Fatal.

The Artist Is The Confidant Of Nature, Flowers Carry On Dialogues With Him Through The Graceful Bending Of Their Stems And The Harmoniously Tinted Nuances Of Their Blossoms, Every Flower Has A Cordial Word Which Nature Directs Towards Him.