Pierre Bonnard Quotes

“What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.”

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

“Art will never be able to exist without nature.”

Pierre Bonnard

“One must never let go before having managed to set down ones first impressions.”

Pierre Bonnard

“The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.”

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

“You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.”

Pierre Bonnard

“A painting that is well composed is half finished.”

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Pierre Bonnard

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

Pierre Bonnard

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

Pierre Bonnard

Quotes by Pierre Bonnard

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