It's not a matter of painting life, it's a matter of giving life to painting. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
Painting has to get back to its original goal, examining the inner lives of human beings. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The painter's only solid ground is the palette and colors, but as soon as the colors achieve an illusion, they are no… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn,… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
What attracted me was less art itself than the artist’s life and all that it meant for me: the idea of creativity… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all… — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
You reason color more than you reason drawing... Color has a logic as severe as form. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible. — Pierre Bonnard Copy Share Image
