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It's not a matter of painting life. It's a matter of giving life to painting.
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The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged.
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What attracted me was less art itself than the artist's life and all that it meant for me: the idea of creativity and freedom of expression and action. I had been attracted to painting and drawing for a long time, but it was not an irresistible passion; what I wanted, at all costs, was to escape the monotony of life.
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It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.
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What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.
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One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Ignazio Silone
Pierre Bonnard
Born:
October 3, 1867
Died:
January 23, 1947
(aged 79)
Bio:
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of the Post-Impressionist group of avant-garde painters Les Nabis.
Known for:
Young Girl with Umbrella (1894)
Poster advertising France Champagne (1891)
Family (1893)
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