In painting, as in the other arts, there's not a single process, no matter how insignificant, which can be reasonably made into a formula. You come to nature with your theories, and she knocks them all flat.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Arts Insignificant Matter No Not Painting Process Reasonably Single

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