One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.

- Pierre Bonnard

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

- Pierre Bonnard

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

- Pierre Bonnard

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

- Pierre Bonnard

Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.

- Pierre Bonnard

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

- Pierre Bonnard

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.

- Pierre Bonnard

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

- Pierre Bonnard

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

- Pierre Bonnard