Pierre Bonnard Quotes

And after drawing comes composition. A well-composed painting is half done

Speaking, when you have something to say, is like looking. But who looks? If people could see properly, and see whole, they would all be painters. And it's because people have no idea how to look that they hardly ever understand.

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

Sounds, colors, and words have a miraculously expressive power beyond all representation and even beyond the literal meaning of the words.

Perhaps we only imagine we deserve rhythms, once lived by rhythms, when all there ever was was moments. Separate. Distinct. Like beads on a string. Except that there is no string. Or the string has broken and the beads run about all over the floor.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

Malcolm Forbes “El mejor momento del día es ahora.” Pierre Bonnard “El aprendizaje es un regalo. Incluso cuando el dolor es tu maestro.” Maya Watson “Haz una cosa que te dé miedo al día.” Eleanor Roosevelt “Nunca eres demasiado viejo para tener otra meta u otro sueño.” C.S Lewis