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What I have suffered you cannot imagine. But what I'm going through [circa 1878] now is even worse, much more so than when I was young.. ..because now I feel as if I have no future. Even so, if I had to do it again, I still think I wouldn't hesitate.

— Camille Pissarro

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

I am settled in France, and as for the rest of my history as a painter, it is bound up with the impressionistic group.

Never paint except with the three primary colors [red, blue, and yellow] and their derivatives.

Renoir is a great success on the Salon; I think he is 'launched'. All the better! It's a very hard life, being poor.

Lighten your palette.. [remark to the younger [ Paul Cezanne circa 1873, to encourage him to start using bright colors], ..paint only with the three primary colours and their derivatives.

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