„The artist should not only paint what he sees before him, but also what he sees in himself. If, however, he sees nothing within him, then he should also refrain from painting what he sees before him.“

— Caspar David Friedrich

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„The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.“
— Paul Valéry
„Painting it's a blind man profession. Painter is painting not what he sees but what he feels.“
— Pablo Picasso
„He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see for sure what we saw long ago but weren't sure we saw.“
— William Saroyan