There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
To draw does not simply mean to reproduce contours; the drawing does not simply consist in the idea: the drawing is even the expression, the interior form, the plan, the model. Look what remains after that! The drawing is three fourths and a half of what constitutes painting. If I had to put a sign over my door to the… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share
Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
Drawing is the probity of art. To draw does not mean simply to reproduce contours; drawing does not consist merely of line: drawing is… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all… — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Copy Share Image
