Maurice Denis Quotes

Maurice Denis explores art as a grand, intellectual playground, turning colour and imagination into a thoughtful visual puzzle.

8 quotes

1. ...Every work of art is a transposition,a caricature,the passionate equivalent of a sensation received.

2. Remember that a picture, before being a battle horse, a nude, an anecdote or whatnot, is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.

3. I believe that art should sanctify nature.

4. Art is no longer a purely visual experience..it is a work of our intellect triggered by nature...the imagination again become the queen of our strengths and we liberate our sensitivity.

5. All artists are now free to express their own personality.

6. We learned from Gauguin that every work of art is a transposition, a caricature, a passionate equivalent of a sensation which has been experienced. He freed us from all restraints which the idea of copying naturally placed on our painter's instincts. All artists are now free to express their own personality.

7. Art is when things appear rounded.

8. All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere.