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Every painter must traverse for himself that distance from Paris to Aix (Aix-en-Provence where Paul Cézanne frequently painted in open air] or from Venice to Toledo [where w:El Greco lived and painted for many years]. Expression is for one knowing its own pivot. Every expressor relates solely to himself – that is the concern of the individualist.

— Marsden Hartley

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..the virtue of Yankee upbringing spiritually speaking is of more downright value to me than any past heritages.

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It is never difficult to see images – when the principle of the image is embedded in the soul.

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