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Joan Miro Quotes

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity Picture Quote #1

I want to assassinate painting Picture Quote #1

The picture should be fecund. It must bring a world to birth Picture Quote #1

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness Picture Quote #1

I work like a gardener Picture Quote #1

The more I work, the more I want to work Picture Quote #1

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I make no distinction between poetry and painting Picture Quote #1

The simplest things give me ideas Picture Quote #1

A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness Picture Quote #1

My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages Picture Quote #1

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman Picture Quote #1

For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance; it must be like those stones which Pyrenean shepherds use to light their pipes Picture Quote #1

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The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I’m overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon or the sun Picture Quote #1

The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I’m overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun. There, in my pictures, tiny forms in huge empty spaces. Empty spaces, empty horizons, empty plains - everything which is bare has always greatly impressed me Picture Quote #1

Lay bare the soul.. Painting and poetry are like love.. An exchange of blood. A passionate embrace, without restraint, without defence. The picture is born.. Of an overflow of emotions and feelings Picture Quote #1

For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem Picture Quote #1

I work like a labourer on a farm or in a vineyard. Things come to me slowly. My vocabulary of forms, for instance, has not been the discovery of a day. It took shape in spite of myself... That is why I am always working on a hundred different things at the same time Picture Quote #1

I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive Picture Quote #1

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I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water Picture Quote #1

I begin my pictures under the effect of a shock which I feel and which makes me escape from reality... I need a point of departure, even if it’s only a speck of dust or a flash of light Picture Quote #1

A modeled form is less striking than one which is not. Modeling prevents shock and limits movement to the visual depth. Without modeling or chiaroscuro depth is limitless: movement can stretch to infinity Picture Quote #1

Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me Picture Quote #1

What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence Picture Quote #1

My way is to seize an image the moment it has formed in my mind, to trap it as a bird and to pin it at once to canvas. Afterward I start to tame it, to master it. I bring it under control and I develop it Picture Quote #1

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The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and expansion Picture Quote #1

That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass Picture Quote #1

As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche Picture Quote #1

I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful Picture Quote #1

Little by little, I’ve reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors. It’s not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this. For me, they are magnificent things Picture Quote #1

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later Picture Quote #1

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To gain freedom is to gain simplicity (Joan Miro Quotes) I want to assassinate painting (Joan Miro Quotes) The picture should be fecund. It must bring a world to birth (Joan Miro Quotes) The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness (Joan Miro Quotes) I work like a gardener (Joan Miro Quotes) The more I work, the more I want to work (Joan Miro Quotes) I make no distinction between poetry and painting (Joan Miro Quotes) The simplest things give me ideas (Joan Miro Quotes) A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness (Joan Miro Quotes) My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages (Joan Miro Quotes) What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman (Joan Miro Quotes) For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance; it must be like those stones which Pyrenean shepherds use to light their pipes (Joan Miro Quotes) The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I’m overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon or the sun. (Joan Miro Quotes) The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I’m overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun. There, in my pictures, tiny forms in huge empty spaces. Empty spaces, empty horizons, empty plains - everything which is bare has always greatly impressed me. (Joan Miro Quotes) Lay bare the soul.. Painting and poetry are like love.. An exchange of blood. A passionate embrace, without restraint, without defence. The picture is born.. Of an overflow of emotions and feelings (Joan Miro Quotes) For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem (Joan Miro Quotes) I work like a labourer on a farm or in a vineyard. Things come to me slowly. My vocabulary of forms, for instance, has not been the discovery of a day. It took shape in spite of myself... That is why I am always working on a hundred different things at the same time (Joan Miro Quotes) I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive (Joan Miro Quotes) I think of my studio as a vegetable garden, where things follow their natural course. They grow, they ripen. You have to graft. You have to water (Joan Miro Quotes) I begin my pictures under the effect of a shock which I feel and which makes me escape from reality... I need a point of departure, even if it’s only a speck of dust or a flash of light (Joan Miro Quotes) A modeled form is less striking than one which is not. Modeling prevents shock and limits movement to the visual depth. Without modeling or chiaroscuro depth is limitless: movement can stretch to infinity (Joan Miro Quotes) Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me (Joan Miro Quotes) What I am seeking... is a motionless movement, something equivalent to what is called the eloquence of silence (Joan Miro Quotes) My way is to seize an image the moment it has formed in my mind, to trap it as a bird and to pin it at once to canvas. Afterward I start to tame it, to master it. I bring it under control and I develop it (Joan Miro Quotes) The more ignoble I find life, the more strongly I react by contradiction, in humour and in an outburst of liberty and expansion (Joan Miro Quotes) That which interests me above all else is the calligraphy of a tree or the tiles of a roof, and I mean leaf by leaf, branch by branch, blade by blade of grass (Joan Miro Quotes) As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche (Joan Miro Quotes) I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful (Joan Miro Quotes) Little by little, I’ve reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors. It’s not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this. For me, they are magnificent things (Joan Miro Quotes) The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later (Joan Miro Quotes)

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