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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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"We think the Puritans always dressed in black and white, which they didn't. They loved very bright colors. And there were other differences in perceptions that gave one a very different view of them."

"Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence."

"The colors I use may clash or vibrate against one another but this is done intentionally."

"Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash."

"You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face."

"But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors."

"The makeup is simply an extension of the personality and colors, clothing, makeup all express something."

"I loved downers, almost any kind. Loved the colors of them. Loved them yellow... I did. I would just have a bouquet in my hands at night."
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"I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them."

"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."

"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."

"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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