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Unfortunately, young Russian artists are in a difficult position today. Painting, like all other arts, rests on a continuity of experience. More than anything, young painters and sculptors need to know the works of their immediate elders. Such a continuity does not exist here to a sufficient degree in the visual arts.

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Time narrows or expands according to how we approach it. It varies with a man’s breadth, with his heart.

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Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

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There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

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