Ideas Quote by Pierre Bonnard

I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at…

— Pierre Bonnard

The principal subject is the surface, which has its color, its laws over and above those of object.

— Pierre Bonnard

One does not always sing out of happiness.

— Pierre Bonnard

Art is not nature... There was a lot more to be got out of color.

— Pierre Bonnard

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

— Pierre Bonnard

Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason.

— Pierre Bonnard

The expression on my face - who on earth would be interested in that? All that I have to say is to be found…

— Pierre Bonnard

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

— Pierre Bonnard

You reason color more than you reason drawing... Color has a logic as severe as form.

— Pierre Bonnard

One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.

— Pierre Bonnard

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

— Pierre Bonnard

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.

— Pierre Bonnard