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Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Andre Derain

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French artist Andre Derain.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Andre Derain

André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse.

French - Artist | June 10, 1880 - September 8, 1954

Source: Wikipedia

I do not innovate. I transmit.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

The substance of painting is light.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

Colors were dynamite for us. — © Andre Derain

Colors were dynamite for us.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this method was to free the picture from all imitative and conventional contact.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.

Andre Derain

Andre Derain

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