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Andre Derain Quotes

French painter and sculptor (b. 1880), Death: 8-9-1954
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We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.
Andre Derain

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Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this method was to free the picture from all imitative and conventional contact.
Andre Derain

3.
Colors were dynamite for us.
Andre Derain

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It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)
Andre Derain

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Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment
Andre Derain

Similar Authors: Winston Churchill Francis Bacon John Ruskin Leonardo da Vinci William Blake Henry Miller Pablo Picasso Vincent Van Gogh Ai Weiwei Andy Warhol Alan Moore David Hockney Henri Matisse Samuel Richardson Robert Genn
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The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.
Andre Derain

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I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.
Andre Derain

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The substance of painting is light.
Andre Derain

Quote Topics by Andre Derain: Color Light Art Doubt Substance Danger Dynamite Photography Enjoyment Transmit Sun Drawing Merit Kids Fire Painting Too Much Snapshots Years Intelligent Speak Innovation
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I do not innovate. I transmit.
Andre Derain