You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.

Edouard Manet
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  2. There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

  3. The country has charms only for those not obliged to stay there.

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  5. I would kiss you, had I the courage.

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