“In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.” BeautifulAnxietyHarmonyCombinationColourCanvas Author:John F. Carlson
“Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red, white, and blue all over.” GivingMeanForceWhitePowerfulColorTasteRedBlueColourReservesReally MeanGood TasteClimaxRed White And Blue Author:John F. Carlson
“A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any 'story' outside of itself - or else it belongs to the field of illustration.” ShouldArtStoriesBeautifulFormInterestFieldsExpressionPaintAbstractColourWorks Of ArtIllustrationExpressive Author:John F. Carlson
“The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and colour. The subtle changes of colour over a surface - transitions that are like music - are intangible in their reaction upon us. There is an immediate sensuous appeal!” SoulEyeFormSurfaceReactionsAppealsContemplationColourSubtleTransitionIntangibleSensuous Author:John F. Carlson
“Trust your feelings entirely about colour, and then, even if you arrive at no infallible colour theory, you will at least have the credit of having your own colour sense.” IfsFeelingsTrustTheoryCreditColourInfallible Author:John F. Carlson
