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Famous Pierre Bonnard Quotes
Source: Discoveries: Bonnard: Shimmering Color
Source: Pierre Bonnard: observing nature
Source: Pierre Bonnard: The Late Still Lifes and Interiors
“Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.”
“The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.”
“It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.”
Source: Bonnard
“And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done”
“Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.”
“Art is not nature... There was a lot more to be got out of color.”
“You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.”
“Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.”