"In art, theories are as useful as a……" — Maurice de Vlaminck
"In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them."
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Maurice de Vlaminck
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12 Quotes by Maurice de Vlaminck
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Good painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.
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When I get my hands on painting materials I don't give a damn about other people's painting... every generation must…
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I was poor but I knew that life is beautiful. And I had no other ambition than to discover with…
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Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the…
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Only the series of colors on the canvas with all their power and vibrancy could, in combination with each other,…
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When I had spent a few days without thinking, without doing anything, I would feel a sudden urge to paint.…
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I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic…
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I knew neither jealousy nor hate but was possessed by a rage to recreate a new world, the world which…
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What I could have done in real life only by throwing a bomb which would have led to the scaffold…
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I seem initially to have followed Fauvism, and then to have followed in Cézanne's footsteps. Whatever - I do not…
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When I work I always find something.
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