I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful. And I had no other ambition than to discover with the help of new means those deep inner ties that linked me to the very soil. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of the walls and greenery, the ultramarine and cobalt of the sky achieved an extreme harmony that… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I knew neither jealousy nor hate but was possessed by a rage to recreate a new world, the world which my eyes perceived, a… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must start again afresh. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful. And I had no other ambition than to discover with the help of new… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other, render the chromatic feeling… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
When I had spent a few days without thinking, without doing anything, I would feel a sudden urge to paint. Then I would set… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I seem initially to have followed Fauvism, and then to have followed in Cézanne's footsteps. Whatever - I do not mind... as long as… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold I tried to achieve… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I wanted to revolutionise habits and contemporary life - to liberate nature, to free it from the authority of old theories and classicism... I… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all… — Maurice de Vlaminck Copy Share Image
