Occupation: Artist Birth: March 19, 1888 Death: March 25, 1976
Thus art is not an object, it is an experience..
In my basic courses I have always tried to develop discovery and invention which, in my opinion, are the criteria of creativeness..
Every perception of color is an illusion, we do not see colors as they really are. In our perception they alter one another..
Color deceives continuously..
We never really perceive what color really is, as it physically is. This fact makes color the most relative medium in art..
The role of art for me is the visualization of attitude, of the human attitude towards life, towards the world..
I paint the way I spread butter on pumpernickel..
Easy-to know that diamonds-are precious, Good-to learn that rubies-have depth, But more-to see that pebbles-are miraculous..
There is no difference between science and art when it comes to creativeness, productiveness, to come to conclusions and to formulations..
I think art parallels life; it is not a report on nature or on intimate disclosure of inner secrets. Color, in my opinion, behaves like man -- in two….
Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature..
Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will sho….
Art is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the H….
Color is like cooking. The cook puts in more or less salt, that's the difference!.
Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers..
Learn to see and to feel life; that is, cultivate imagination, because there are still marvels in the world, because life is a mystery and always wil….
To design is to plan and to organize, to order, to relate and to control. In short it embraces all means of opposing disorder and accident. Therefore….
If one says “Red” (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. And one can ….
In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually..
The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it..
I prefer to see with closed eyes..