Atlantic ocean Quote by Simon winchester

“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; it is the birth of Light in painting.

— Robert Delaunay

“Impressionism was not just a style of painting, it was a new attitude to art and life; it is this attitude that marks the…

— Neville Weston

After 1909, Monet drastically enlarged his brushstrokes, disintegrated his images, and broke through the taming constraints and delicacy of Impressionism for good. Nineteen gnarly…

— Jerry Saltz

“Anyway, for whatever interest is to be derived therefrom. Bacon, Balthus, and Magritte are my three favourite painters, along with Dubuffet, of the whole…

— Edward Gorey

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

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

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

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul.

— Henri Matisse

“The great French diarist Jules Renard (1864-1910) had small interest in non-literary art forms. When Ravel approached him wanting to set five of his…

— Julian Barnes

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

About 1883 something like a break occurred in my work. I had reached the end of 'impressionism,' and I had come to realize that…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir