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.
More Quotes from Pierre Bonnard:
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.Pierre Bonnard
It is still color, it is not yet light.
Pierre Bonnard
A painting that is well composed is half finished.
Pierre Bonnard
The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.
Pierre Bonnard
The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.
Pierre Bonnard
Art will never be able to exist without nature.
Pierre Bonnard
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.William Feather
But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside.
Keith Carradine
An honest observer of the evolution of conditions in Egypt would discover that terrorism is an alien phenomenon, strange to our values and heritage.
Hosni Mubarak