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"But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors."
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"Even colors were important to me. If it was a somber scene, the colors were muted and dark. If it was a happy or seductive scene, the colors were brighter."

"There are lighter colors of granite and I like to break the rules."

"The West is color. Its colors are animal rather than vegetable, the colors of earth and sunlight and ripeness."

"I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires."

"And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me."
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"The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness."


"This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art."


"In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory."


"The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness."


"On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism."


"First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself and others is with halos here and there halos, movements of color. And that, I believe, is rhythm."
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