The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.
- Pierre Bonnard
Brainy, Seeing, Away, Naming
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.
- Pierre Bonnard
Painting, Cannot, Invent, Possibly
One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.
- Pierre Bonnard
Nature, Always, Talks, Surrendering
I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.
- Pierre Bonnard
Young, Year, Like, Butterfly
You reason color more than you reason drawing... Color has a logic as severe as form.
- Pierre Bonnard
Color, Reason, Form, Severe
I'm trying to do what I have never done - give the impression one has on entering a room: one sees everything and at the same time nothing.
- Pierre Bonnard
Give, Nothing, Same Time, Entering
A painting that is well composed is half finished.
- Pierre Bonnard
Art, Painting, Half, Composed
Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it.
- Pierre Bonnard
Color, Design, Add, Quality
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
- Pierre Bonnard
Art, Pleasure, Strongly, Draw
When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.
- Pierre Bonnard
Yourself, Forget, Only, Remains
The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.
- Pierre Bonnard
Remember, Important, Most, Canvas
Art will never be able to exist without nature.
- Pierre Bonnard
Art, Never, Will, Exist
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