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CLAUDE MONET ~ PAINT LIKE A BIRD

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“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.”
― Claude Monet

Adolphe Monet reading in the garden, 1866

Claude Monet (1840–1926)
Arm of the Seine at Giverny

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HARUKI MURAKAMI ~ HUGE COSMIC LOVE

“Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that

KANDINSKY ~ THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SOUL

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“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul, so that it can weigh colours in its own scale and thus become a determinant in artistic creation.” Wassily Kandinsky

Weilheim-Marienplatz, 1909

 

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RENE MAGRITTE ~ THE UNKNOWN

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“The mind loves the unknown. It loves images whose meaning is unknown, since the meaning of the mind itself is unknown.”

René Magritte

Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
The Lovers
Oil on canvas
1928

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PIERRE BONNARD ~ ON COLORS

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Drawing is feeling. Color is an act of reason. Pierre Bonnard

French; Les Nabis Founding Member, Post-Impressionism; 1867-1947

The Terrace at Vernonnet, 1939

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA

                                                                               

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TAMARA DE LEMPICKA ~ DO NOT COPY

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“My goal is never to copy. Create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models.”

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)

Tamara de Lempicka
The Green Turban
1929

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PAUL KLEE ~ THE EYE

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“One eye sees, the other feels.”
― Paul Klee

Paul Klee is his studio, 1908

 

Fish Magic, 1925

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MANET ~ COLOURS OF NATURE

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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.

Edouard Manet
The Monet family in their garden at Argenteuil – Edouard Manet

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EMIL NOLDE ~ WISE PEOPLE

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“Clever people master life; the wise iluminate it and create fresh difficulties”

Emil Nolde (1867-1956)

Flower Garden, Emil Nolde

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HENRI MATISSE ~ LIVING ON BORROWED TIME

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“I didn’t expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I’m living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget my physical suffering and all the unpleasantness of my present condition and I think only of the joy of seeing the sun rise once more and of being able to work a little bit, even under difficult conditions.”
― Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse by Henri Cartier-Bresson

The Dessert: Harmony in Red, 1908

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WASSILY KANDINSKY ~ COLOR INFLUENCES THE SOUL

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“Color is a Power which directly influences the soul… to cause vibrations in the soul.”

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Arabs I Cemetry, 1909

Composition VI, 1913

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