Impression Quotes

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Art' is the same word as 'artifice,' that is to say, something deceitful. It must succeed in giving the impression of nature by false means. — Edgar Degas
But when reflexion begins to play upon these objects... like some trick of magic each object is loosed into a group of impressions - colour,… — Walter Pater
Do not finish your work too much. An impression is not sufficiently durable for its first freshness to survive a belated search for infinite detail;… — Paul Gauguin
A good impression is lost so quickly... — Claude Monet
If the artist succeeds in producing the impression of a movement which takes several moments for accomplishment, his work is certainly much less conventional than… — Auguste Rodin
We should see the desire for neatness, the desire for sharp impressions, as a desire in art. — Eli Siegel
There is such a thing as the impression of luminosity. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Apparently one impression we are making... is that creativeness consists of lightning striking you on the head in one great glorious moment. — Abraham Maslow
An optical impression is produced on our organs of sight which makes us classify as light, half-tone or quartertone, the surfaces represented by colour sensations.… — Paul Cezanne
By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately. — Paul Klee
Let me recommend to you not to have too great dependence on your practice or memory, however strong those impressions may have been which are… — Joshua Reynolds
The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently does this. Sometimes… — Joshua Reynolds
The living model never answers well the idea or impressions the painter wishes to express; one must, therefore, learn to do without one, and for… — Eugene Delacroix
At a distance this fine oak seems to be of ordinary size. But if I place myself under its branches, the impression changes completely: I… — Eugene Delacroix
Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
Compare constantly, lines and angles... Hold looking-glass before your model and your drawing. Take a second's glance only, and see if the impression be the… — William Morris Hunt
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has... In your sketches keep the first vivid impression! Add… — William Morris Hunt
What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye… — Pierre Bonnard
The word "art" means harmony for me. I never speak of mathematics and never bother with the Spirit. My only science is the choice of… — Robert Delaunay
emotion that I experienced on first seeing the fresh paint come out of the tube... the impression of colours strewn over the palette: of colours… — Wassily Kandinsky

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