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Balthus quotes: I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

Balthus quotes: Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

Balthus quotes: If you speak of beauty, you are at once suspected of ... kitsch.

If you speak of beauty, you are at once suspected of ... kitsch.

Balthus quotes: I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded.

I had only planned to strike the gong violently in order to somehow shake people up and make them more aware. I think I succeeded.

Balthus quotes: I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

I will always find even the worst paintings that attempt some kind of representation better than the best invented paintings.

Balthus quotes: The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.

The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings.

Balthus quotes: Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Balthus quotes: One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.

Balthus quotes: Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.

Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.