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Sketching is almost everything. It is the painter's identity, his style, his conviction, and then color is just a gift to the drawing.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Almost Almost Everything Color Conviction Drawing Everything Gift His Identity Just Painter Sketching Style Then

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The circus allows one to be logical and unreal at the same time. In the circus, all is possible: there can be a man with two heads or a character with a green face.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Be A Man Character Circus Face Green Heads Logical Man Possible Same Same Time Time Two Unreal

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The circus leaves a sweet memory.

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Topics: Circus Leaves Memory Sweet

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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Art Artist Choice Confronted Duty Feels Inclined Injustice Moral Moral Obligation Obligation Only Quality Say Situation Something Sometimes Tremendous

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There's nothing more superficial to do than to paint a beautiful woman. The most beautiful portraits in art were of ugly women. If you paint Brigitte Bardot, it's a disaster. Sunsets, you have to stay away from sunsets. You paint a sunset, you are in great danger.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Art Away Beautiful Beautiful Woman Danger Disaster Great More Most Most Beautiful Nothing Paint Portraits Stay Sunset Sunsets Superficial Than Ugly Were Woman Women You

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My work is a self-portrait of my mind, a prism of my convictions.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Convictions Mind Prism Work

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Art should be an oasis: a place or refuge from the hardness of life.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Art Hardness Life Oasis Place Refuge Should

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My popularity has to do with the divorce between modern art, where everything is obscure, and the viewer who often feels he needs a professor to tell them whether it's good or not. I believe a painting has to talk directly to the viewer, with composition, color and design, without a professor to explain it.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Art Believe Between Color Composition Design Directly Divorce Everything Explain Feels Good He Modern Modern Art Needs Obscure Often Painting Popularity Professor Talk Tell Them Viewer Where Whether Who Without I Believe

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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: About Colombia Did Even France Lived More Most Never New New York Outside Painted Painting Paris Than Though Years York

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I love my country, and it hurts not to be able to see my country, as I did for so many years. I hope that I will one day be able to live in a peaceful Colombia.

~Fernando Botero

Topics: Able Colombia Country Day Did Hope Hurts Live Love Many One Day Peaceful See So Many Years Will Years I Love I Hope That

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Biography

Nationality: Colombian

Type: Artist

Born: April 19th, 1932

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