Believe Quote by Aubrey Beardsley

“Paint, for the Impressionists, became a medium whose material properties were being celebrated as opposed to being disguised behind the artifice of a pictorial…

— Will Gompertz

Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever…

— Joseph Plaskett

I'm not an impressionist as such, and I never will be, so the sketches where I was supposed to be a famous person probably…

— Will Sasso

It took some time before the public learned that to appreciate an Impressionist painting one has to step back a few yards, and enjoy…

— Ernst Gombrich

Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than…

— Claude Monet

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

— Samuel Johnson

A photographer must choose a palette as painters choose theirs.

— Joel Sternfeld

It isn't an easy job to paint oneself - at any rate if it is to be different from a photograph. And you see…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world

— Samuel Johnson

If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he…

— Auguste Rodin

“The earliest impressions are pictographic in form - little pictures that are the stylized versions of the things they represent. And most things they…

— Chris Godsen

There are different kinds of painting, some with lights and some without, but still if you look at any painting here (in the light)…

— Jean-Luc Godard