Gino Severini Quote

I would like my colors to be diamonds and to be able to make abundant use of them in my pictures so as to make them gleam with light and richness.


in a letter to Umberto Boccioni, 1910; as quoted in Gino Severini, the Dance, 1909 – 1916, by Daniele Fonti, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; 2001, p. 15


I would like my colors to be diamonds and to be able to make abundant use of them in my pictures so as to make them gleam with light and richness.

I would like my colors to be diamonds and to be able to make abundant use of them in my pictures so as to make them gleam with light and richness.

I would like my colors to be diamonds and to be able to make abundant use of them in my pictures so as to make them gleam with light and richness.

I would like my colors to be diamonds and to be able to make abundant use of them in my pictures so as to make them gleam with light and richness.