Started Painting Quotes by Pierre Soulages

Painting is a play of opacities and transparencies.

— Pierre Soulages

If painting doesn't offer a way to dream and create emotions, then it's not worth it.

— Pierre Soulages

It's what I do that teaches me what I'm looking for.

— Pierre Soulages

Black ink was always my favorite. I loved it. And then one day I realized that the only thing I ever wanted to do…

— Pierre Soulages

I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's…

— Pierre Soulages

I am against limitations like perspective. Perspective is illusion, it's the opposite of presence, and art is presence.

— Pierre Soulages

I always liked paintings to be walls rather than windows. When we see a painting on a wall, it's a window, so I often…

— Pierre Soulages

At 16, I decided to do something brave: I went on a prehistoric dig. In fact, I've had my name in a museum since…

— Pierre Soulages

I always loved to paint. As a kid, I liked to dip my paintbrush in black ink. They gave colors to me to use,…

— Pierre Soulages

I've always loved black, and I realized that, from the beginning, man went into completely dark caves to paint. They painted with black too.…

— Pierre Soulages

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose…

— Pierre Soulages

Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.

— Pierre Soulages

I never want to stop painting. I'm 94 now. What's my secret? I just keep thinking about the painting I'm going to do tomorrow.

— Pierre Soulages

Painting allows us to live in a more interesting way than we live our everyday lives.

— Pierre Soulages

It's fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting.

— Pierre Soulages