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

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

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"There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job."

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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."

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"My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details."

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"The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness."

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."

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

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"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."

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"This synchronous action then will be the Subject, which is the representative harmony."

Action

"Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting."

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"Vision is the true creative rhythm."

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"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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"I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture."

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"Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no movement."

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