It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.
One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture. - Pierre Bonnard
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
Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. - Pierre Bonnard
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. - Pierre Bonnard
The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.
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
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.
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. - Pierre Bonnard
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory. - Pierre Bonnard
Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. - Pierre Bonnard
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.
Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason. - Pierre Bonnard
Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.
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