“I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful.” LittlesChanceExampleAccidentsHelpfulCanvasBrushesCleaningSpillingGauntlet Author:Joan Miro
“My way is to seize an image the moment it has formed in my mind, to trap it as a bird and to pin it at once to canvas. Afterward I start to tame it, to master it. I bring it under control and I develop it.” WayMindMomentsMastersBirdMy WayTrapsCanvasPinsMethodology Author:Joan Miro
“Never, never do I set to work on a canvas in the state it comes in from the shop. I provoke accidents - a form, a splotch of color. Any accident is good enough. I let the matiere decide. Then I prepare a ground by, for example, wiping my brushes on the canvas. Letting fall some drops of turpentine on it would do just as well. If I want to make a drawing I crumple the sheet of paper or I wet it; the flowing water traces a line and this line may suggest what is to come next.” IfsWantWellsMayStatesEnoughFormFallNextWaterLinesExampleColorPaperAccidentsDrawingShopsGood EnoughWetCanvasProvokingBrushesSheetsFlowing Water Author:Joan Miro
“Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension.” FeelsI CanBornEmotionCanvasComprehension Author:Joan Miro
“When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.” KnowsFirstsPaintingCanvas Author:Joan Miro
