Impressionism Quotes

34 quotes by 25 authors

A good impression is lost so quickly... — Claude Monet
Impressionism is only direct sensation. All great painters were less or more impressionists. It is mainly a question of instinct, and much simpler than [John… — Claude Monet
About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of 'impressionism,' and I had come to realize that I… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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 'impressionism' as applied to art has been abused, and in the general acceptance of the term has become perverted. — Childe Hassam
Painting took on a fabulous strength and splendor; the object was discredited as an indispensable element of the picture. — Wassily Kandinsky
Realize the value of putting down your first impression quickly. — Charles Webster Hawthorne
Impressions are like pearls; ideas are like the string that turns the pearls into a necklace. The string is invisible, but it is not dispensable… — Mu Xin
I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic art, impressionism and… — E. J. Hughes
Impressionism came about because it suddenly became apparent that pure colours mix in the eye in a more dazzling way than they have ever been… — Joseph Plaskett
On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and… — Robert Delaunay
Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. — Henri Matisse
After 1909, Monet drastically enlarged his brushstrokes, disintegrated his images, and broke through the taming constraints and delicacy of Impressionism for good. Nineteen gnarly paintings,… — Jerry Saltz
He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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