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Pierre Bonnard Quotes: A painting that is well composed is half finished.
         

A painting that is well composed is half finished.


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

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



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.

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.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.



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

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



Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.



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

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



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.

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.



It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.



You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.

You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.



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

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





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