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Quote by Paula Modersohn-Becker

“I want to give colors intoxication, fullness, excitement, power by trying to forget Impressionism.”

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Paula Modersohn-Becker was a German Expressionist painter known for her unique style and exploration of female themes. Her short but vibrant artistic career left a profound mark on art history. more

“What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those simultaneous and complementary color contrasts that nourish the actual rhythm of my vision. In this I find the actual essence, an essence which is not born out of an a priori system or theory.”

Law Found Born Vision Movement Color Theory Essence Observation Rhythm Cherish Contrast Complementary Simultaneous Complementary Colors

Author:August Macke

“I'm interested in creating a space through color contrasts, rather than by simple shadows of light and dark.”

Light Dark Simple Space Color Creating Shadow Contrast Light And Dark

Author:August Macke

“One who knows how to appreciate color relationships, the influence of one color with another, their contrasts and dissonances, is promised an infinite variety of images.”

Knows Know How Influence Color Appreciate Infinite Variety Contrast Dissonance

Author:Sonia Delaunay

“A color is as strong as the impression it creates.”

Strong Color Impression

Author:Ivan Albright

“We stand for a use of color free from the imitation of things as colored objects. We stand for an aerial vision in which the material of color is expressed in all of the manifold possibilities our subjectivity can create.”

Use Vision Possibility Objects Color Materials Imitation Subjectivity Manifold

Author:Carlo Carra

“The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.”

Trying Behinds Issues Building Importance Insight Serving Senate Colleagues Coalitions Building Relationships

Author:Hillary Clinton

“The effects of color are controlled by intuition.”

Effects Color Intuition Controlled

Author:Johannes Itten

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