"The overscaled compositions being produced by so many……" — Van Day Truex
"The overscaled compositions being produced by so many abstract painters, which are full of movement and use of color, are ideal example, ideal transformations of an entire wall and entire room.... There is no denying that one of the major attractions of these successful large compositions is their structural decorative use in the contemporary scene... That these large canvases can be superbly decorative may not be considered complimentary by some of the artists involved..."
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21 Quotes by Van Day Truex
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Better rooms better furniture, better objects d'art can only be created for a society interested in living - not existing.
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How obvious it is that color has its various connotations-hue, value, and intensity - and without the basic understanding of…
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Control, edit and distill.
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Good design is forever.
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I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes…
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I wonder if any element of interior design is more personal than color? Nothing can more quicly reveal aspect of…
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Rich colors are typical of a rich nature.
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It is obvious that any rather non-color, monochromatic design is safe, easier, more generally restful and with life being the…
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Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration.
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It is general knowledge for anyone interested in color that subdued value, intensity and hue make for quieter, less adventuresome…
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The easiest approach to any strong color is to use a lot of it, thus unifying a room. However, beware…
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Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.
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More Abstract Quotes
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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.
— Honore de Balzac
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I was a really lousy artist as a kid. Too abstract expressionist; or I'd draw a big ram's head, really…
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes.
— Theodor Adorno
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None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.
— Theodor Adorno
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Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some…
— Nicolas Cage
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Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still…
— Nicolas Cage
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I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality, abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery.
— Eric Cantona
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Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
— Al Capp
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Change means movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of a nonexistent abstract world can movement or change…
— Saul Alinsky
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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would…
— Sam Abell
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
— John Dewey
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It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without…
— Giorgio Armani
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