Rene Huyghe Quotes

• Of all the creative acts performed by the artist, the most directly legible is drawing... it is the act that is most directly and spontaneously governed by his nervous and muscular system.

  Rene Huyghe

  Artist, Drawing, Creative

  René Huyghe (1962). “Art and the Spirit of Man”, London : Thames and Hudson

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• Content is more than 'subject matter.' It is all the feelings and ideas you bring to your painting.

  Rene Huyghe

  Ideas, Feelings, Matter

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• Hogarth ranks among those pictorial creators who have discovered the expressive force of the brushstroke as well as of color and its harmonies. He makes his entry into art as a reflection of Hals and Velasquez.

  Rene Huyghe

  Art, Reflection, Color

  René Huyghe (1962). “Art Treasures of the Louvre: Including a Short History of Painting in Europe from Cimabue to Toulouse-Lautrec”

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• The apprentice realist uses line as a net to capture his prey, an imitation of reality. But soon he becomes enchanted with line as a thing. It becomes a servant of his pleasure.

  Rene Huyghe

  Reality, Use, Lines

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