6 Quotes by Nicolas Poussin
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Tout ce qui vaut la peine d'être fait mérite et exige d'être bien fait.
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We have nothing that is really our own; we hold everything as a loan.
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The purpose of art is delectation.
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The idea of beauty does not descend into matter unless this is prepared as carefully as possible. This preparation consists of three things: arrangement, measure, and aspect or form.
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Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flesh.
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Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.
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