Arbitrary Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

Instead of trying to reproduce exactly what I see before me, I make an arbitrary use of color to express myself more forcefully.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I use color in a completely arbitrary way in order to express myself powerfully.

— Vincent Van Gogh

I try to think and design in color.

— Nelson Shanks

Color is everything. It's another piece of the visual language to express what you're trying to say.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

The chief function of color should be to serve expression as well as possible.

— Henri Matisse

Color is for me the purest form of expression, the purest abstract reality.

— Jim Hodges

In my early work I didn't use much colour. I had no confidence about how I could do this.

— Michael Craig-Martin

The main function of color should be to serve expression.

— Henri Matisse

I write to create red in a world that often appears black and white.

— Terry Tempest Williams

For a long time I limited myself to one colour—as a form of discipline.

— Pablo Picasso

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

— Pierre Bonnard

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.

— Sidney Poitier