“the painter’s ideas don’t come to him on wings while he dreams… without untiring diligence, single-mindedness and a combative spirit, there can’t be…”

Art of Quotation

“the painter’s ideas don’t come to him on wings while he dreams… without untiring diligence, single-mindedness and a combative spirit, there can’t be any good result.”

Arnold Böcklin, painter, Swiss

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Arnold Böcklin, self portrait

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