A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards,… — Ernst Gombrich Copy Share Image
A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light… — John Singer Sargent Copy Share Image
America does not concern itself now with Impressionism. We own no involved philosophy. The psyche of the land is to be found… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have… — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
Each time I undertake to reread Virginia Woolf, I am somewhat baffled by the signature breathlessness and relentlessly "poetic" tone, the shimmering… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
One morning, one of us ran out of the black, it was the birth of Impressionism. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
“... from the classically executed lifelike bouquets, tempting you to reach for the petals that fell on a three-dimensional tablecloth, to a… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired. — Joaquin Sorolla Copy Share Image
“And although it was in a hospital that she lay and I sat next to her—it is always that eternal poetry of… — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share Image
“The difference between writers and readers is similar to the difference between expressionism and impressionism. Writers want to express themselves and readers… — Claire Amber Copy Share Image
What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the… — A. Y. Jackson Copy Share Image
Impressionism means taking inspiration directly from nature, trusting your senses rather than what you think you know. — Michael McClure Copy Share Image
I had wrung impressionism dry and I finally came to the conclusion that I know neither how to paint nor how to… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
A young painter who cannot liberate himself from the influence of past generations is digging his own grave. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
In the work of Seurat, you can see the dots of neutral colors carrying the form and then the dots of more… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they… — Joseph Plaskett Copy Share Image
