Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Quotes
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres shares thoughtful reflections on art and drawing, emphasizing discipline over color.
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If I had to put a sign over my door, I would write 'School of Drawing' and I'm certain that I would create painters.
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Drawing is the probity of art..it includes everything except the tint.
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Drawing is the honesty of art.
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What do these so-called artists mean when they preach the discovery of the'new'? Is there anything new? Everything has been done, everything has been discovered.
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It takes 25 years to learn to draw, one hour to learn to paint.
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Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience.
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You have to observe flowers in order to find the right tones for the folds of clothes.
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There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.
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Muscles I know; they are my friends. But I have forgotten their names.
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Drawing is the probity of art. To draw does not mean simply to reproduce contours; drawing does not consist merely of line: drawing is also expression, the inner form, the plane, the modeling. See what remains after that.
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The way good inventions are made is to familiarize yourself with those of others. The men who cultivate letters and the arts are all sons of Homer.
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Is there anyone among the great men who has not imitated? Nothing is made with nothing.
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Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters.
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The chief consideration for a good painter is to think out the whole of his picture, to have it in his head as a whole... so that he may then execute it with warmth and as if the entire thing were done at the same time.