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Pierre Bonnard quotes: You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.

You reason colour more than you reason drawing Colour has a logic as severe as form.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.

Imagination is merely the exploitation of our memory.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: How many days have I spent alone with my cat ... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for my cat is a mystical companion, a

How many days have I spent alone with my cat ... and when I say alone, I mean without a material being, for my cat is a mystical companion, a spirit.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed)

The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found in my works. (On being photographed)

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: It is still color, it is not yet light.

It is still color, it is not yet light.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Art is not nature ... There was a lot more to be got out of color.

Art is not nature ... There was a lot more to be got out of color.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.

I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.

One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.

It seemed to me that it was possible to translate light, forms, and character using nothing but color, without recourse to values.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: You reason color more than you reason drawing ... Color has a logic as severe as form.

You reason color more than you reason drawing ... Color has a logic as severe as form.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object.

The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged.

The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no longer judged.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Art will never be able to exist without nature.

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: A painting that is well composed is half finished.

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: 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.

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.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: One does not always sing out of happiness.

One does not always sing out of happiness.

Pierre Bonnard quotes: I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.

I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.