Maurice Denis Quotes

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

  Maurice Denis

  Sincere, Paint, Wells

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• Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.

  Maurice Denis

  Horse, Order, Battle

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• Art is when things appear rounded.

  Maurice Denis

  Art, Art Is

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• 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.

  Maurice Denis

  Art, Freedom, Ideas

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

  Maurice Denis

  Artist, Personality

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