Nature is a mere pretext for a decorative composition, plus sentiment. It suggests emotion, and I translate that emotion into art. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is… — Mark Rothko Copy Share Image
“When meter is honored over thythm, line over syntax, form over structure, even the most prodigious manipulation of traditional patterns may be… — Ellen Bryant Voigt Copy Share Image
I love the idea of the 'vignette,' which is associated with the decorative, illustrative, small, and thus with the feminine, and thus… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
I love the journeys of research and discovery their development takes me on. I see prints as less 'decorative' than many might,… — Dries van Noten Copy Share Image
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to… — Edward Hopper Copy Share Image
“Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen;… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it,… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's… — Nadia Giosia Copy Share Image
People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they… — Amanda Harlech Copy Share Image
“But royalism, even if you stick a “neo-” on the front, is just too old-fashioned to appeal to some. So we also… — Mencius Moldbug Copy Share Image
I think there's a sort of agony with all intelligent and very creative designers that it's only fashion, that in the end… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look… — Jamie Bamber Copy Share Image
There was this enormous burst of sculptural creative juice in the nineteenth century, and all that stuff is just so decorative. Even… — Hugh Hardy Copy Share Image
One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Painting is not for me either decorative amusement, or the plastic invention of felt reality; it must be every time: invention, discovery,… — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
