#impressionism

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

— Robert Delaunay

#impressionism #light #painting

To my mind, a picture should be something pleasant, cheerful, and pretty, yes pretty! There are too many unpleasant things in life as it is without creating still more of them. ↗

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

#france #impressionism #impressionist #inspirational #paris

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. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

#artist #back #beginning #color #construction

I want to be famous but unknown! ↗

— Edgar Degas

#artist #edgar-degas #impressionism #art

When someone hands you a broom, get a few buckets of paint. That is how a janitor becomes an impressionist. If the 19th century French style could improve upon nature, it can make your floor look clean. ↗

— Bauvard

#brooms #cleaning #custodians #funny #humor

Impressionism is the newspaper of the soul. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#newspaper #soul