Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Quote Explained: Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

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It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

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You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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Drawing is the honesty of art.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

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Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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· France

Great Men

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.

You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.

There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.

Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.

Drawing is the honesty of art.

Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.

A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.

Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.

I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain

Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain

Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.

Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.

Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication.

The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible.

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.

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