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Pierre Bonnard Quotes: 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.


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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.



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.



A painting that is well composed is half finished.

A painting that is well composed is half finished.





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LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.

LUMINARY, One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.



I'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock market, and he tries to explain it to me, and I find it terrifying.

I'm not good at math. Numbers are a terrifying thing to me. My father is a whiz with money and the stock market, and he tries to explain it to me, and I find it terrifying.



Always go onward; returning to a favored place you will only find your old footsteps washed away.

Always go onward; returning to a favored place you will only find your old footsteps washed away.



When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.

When it comes to women, our perfectionism gives us a lot of grief. Women want to be super moms, super partners and super performers at work - and all at the same time. That's stressful.



Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's winners are often this year's losers.

Have the courage of your own convictions and don't be swayed by friends who boast about their financial home runs. Last year's winners are often this year's losers.



By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.

By the wood-shed is a brook. It goes singing on. Its joy-song does sing in my heart.



They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far.

They say it's the responsibility of the media to look at government - especially the President - with a microscope. I don't argue with that, but when they use a proctoscope, it's going too far.



Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage keeps even devils away.

Your body is woven from the light of heaven. Are you aware that its purity and swiftness is the envy of angels and its courage keeps even devils away.



Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons.

Whereof it followeth Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons.



There is no photograph more inherently photographic than another.

There is no photograph more inherently photographic than another.




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