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Picture Quotes

The painter wanders and loiters contentedly from place to place, always on the lookout for some brilliant butterfly of a picture which can be caught and carried safely home Picture Quote #1

There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it Picture Quote #1

You cannot hide any secret. If the artist succor his flagging spirits by opium or wine, his work will characterize itself as the effect of opium or wine. If you make a picture or a statue, it sets the beholder in that state of mind you had when you made it. If you spend for show, on building, or gardening, or on pictures, or on equipages, it will so appear. We are all physiognomists and penetrators of character, and things themselves are detective Picture Quote #1

By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time Picture Quote #1

A picture is not thought out and settled beforehand. While it is being done it changes as one’s thoughts change Picture Quote #1

People don’t realize what they have when they own a picture by me. Each picture is a phial with my blood. That is what has gone into it Picture Quote #1

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Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man’s opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults Picture Quote #1

It’s a question of not so much pushing the boys out of the picture, but making the whole frame bigger so that both men and women access the labor market, contribute to the economy, generate growth, have jobs, and so on Picture Quote #1

The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder Picture Quote #1

All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements Picture Quote #1

Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful Picture Quote #1

Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive Picture Quote #1

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A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime Picture Quote #1

Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should Picture Quote #1

I managed to potter along tolerably well in the morning, sitting in the sun and sketching the old buildings... but in the afternoon, sitting in the shade... with stiff fingers and chilled bones... the water froze in little cakes all over the picture Picture Quote #1

All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature Picture Quote #1

I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don’t invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It’s a question of picking out what one wants from nature Picture Quote #1

Accurate drawing, accurate colour, is perhaps not the essential thing to aim at, because the reflection of reality in a mirror, if it could be caught, colour and all, would not be a picture at all, no more than a photograph Picture Quote #1

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I had a new idea in my head... this time it’s just simply my bedroom, only here colour is to do everything, and, giving by its simplification a grander style to things, is to be suggestive here of rest or of sleep in general. In a word, to look at the picture ought to rest the brain or rather the imagination Picture Quote #1

I find it impossible to think of a picture save as a window, and my first concern about a window is to find out what it looks out on... and there is nothing I love so much as something which stretches away from me out of sight Picture Quote #1

The mind can be thought of as containing reels and reels of motion picture film about our past experiences. These images are superimposed not only on each other but also on the lens through which we experience the present Picture Quote #1

With watercolour, you can’t cover up the marks. There’s the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might tell another story as well Picture Quote #1

Our ordinary language has no means for describing a particular shade of color. Thus it is incapable of producing a picture of this color Picture Quote #1

The difficulty with color is to go beyond the fact that it’s color? to have it be not just a colorful picture but really be a picture about something. It’s difficult. So often color gets caught up in color, and it becomes merly decorative. Some photographers use it brilliantly to make visual statements combining color and content; otherwise it is empty Picture Quote #1

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If you’re an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not Picture Quote #1

I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering Picture Quote #1

In the end I realize that whatever meaning that picture has is the accumulated meaning of ten thousand brushstrokes, each one being decided as it was painted Picture Quote #1

It’s possible to paint a monumental picture that’s only 10 inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size Picture Quote #1

When a picture isn’t realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one! Picture Quote #1

Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos Picture Quote #1

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The painter wanders and loiters contentedly from place to place, always on the lookout for some brilliant butterfly of a picture which can be caught and carried safely home (Picture Quotes) There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it (Picture Quotes) You cannot hide any secret. If the artist succor his flagging spirits by opium or wine, his work will characterize itself as the effect of opium or wine. If you make a picture or a statue, it sets the beholder in that state of mind you had when you made it. If you spend for show, on building, or gardening, or on pictures, or on equipages, it will so appear. We are all physiognomists and penetrators of character, and things themselves are detective (Picture Quotes) By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time (Picture Quotes) A picture is not thought out and settled beforehand. While it is being done it changes as one’s thoughts change (Picture Quotes) People don’t realize what they have when they own a picture by me. Each picture is a phial with my blood. That is what has gone into it (Picture Quotes) Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man’s opinion... Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults (Picture Quotes) It’s a question of not so much pushing the boys out of the picture, but making the whole frame bigger so that both men and women access the labor market, contribute to the economy, generate growth, have jobs, and so on (Picture Quotes) The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how they might rise, not, indeed to perfection, but one step first, and then another on the ladder (Picture Quotes) All that is not useful in a picture is detrimental. A work of art must be harmonious in its entirety; for superfluous details would, in the mind of the beholder, encroach upon the essential elements (Picture Quotes) Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful (Picture Quotes) Expression is not a matter of passion mirrored on the human face or revealed by a violent gesture. When I paint a picture, its every detail is expressive (Picture Quotes) A picture is an artificial work, outside nature. It calls for as much cunning as the commission of a crime (Picture Quotes) Scientific perspective forces the objects in a picture to disappear away from the beholder instead of bringing them within his reach as painting should (Picture Quotes) I managed to potter along tolerably well in the morning, sitting in the sun and sketching the old buildings... but in the afternoon, sitting in the shade... with stiff fingers and chilled bones... the water froze in little cakes all over the picture (Picture Quotes) All good and genuine draftsmen draw according to the picture inscribed in their minds, and not according to nature (Picture Quotes) I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don’t invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I find it already there. It’s a question of picking out what one wants from nature (Picture Quotes) Accurate drawing, accurate colour, is perhaps not the essential thing to aim at, because the reflection of reality in a mirror, if it could be caught, colour and all, would not be a picture at all, no more than a photograph (Picture Quotes) I had a new idea in my head... this time it’s just simply my bedroom, only here colour is to do everything, and, giving by its simplification a grander style to things, is to be suggestive here of rest or of sleep in general. In a word, to look at the picture ought to rest the brain or rather the imagination (Picture Quotes) I find it impossible to think of a picture save as a window, and my first concern about a window is to find out what it looks out on... and there is nothing I love so much as something which stretches away from me out of sight (Picture Quotes) The mind can be thought of as containing reels and reels of motion picture film about our past experiences. These images are superimposed not only on each other but also on the lens through which we experience the present (Picture Quotes) With watercolour, you can’t cover up the marks. There’s the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might tell another story as well (Picture Quotes) Our ordinary language has no means for describing a particular shade of color. Thus it is incapable of producing a picture of this color (Picture Quotes) The difficulty with color is to go beyond the fact that it’s color? to have it be not just a colorful picture but really be a picture about something. It’s difficult. So often color gets caught up in color, and it becomes merly decorative. Some photographers use it brilliantly to make visual statements combining color and content; otherwise it is empty (Picture Quotes) If you’re an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not (Picture Quotes) I dislike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering (Picture Quotes) In the end I realize that whatever meaning that picture has is the accumulated meaning of ten thousand brushstrokes, each one being decided as it was painted (Picture Quotes) It’s possible to paint a monumental picture that’s only 10 inches wide, if one has a sense of scale, which is very different from a sense of size (Picture Quotes) When a picture isn’t realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one! (Picture Quotes) Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos (Picture Quotes)

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