Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Maurice Denis

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French artist Maurice Denis.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with Les Nabis, symbolism, and later neo-classicism. His theories contributed to the foundations of cubism, fauvism, and abstract art. Following the First World War, he founded the Ateliers d'Art Sacré, decorated the interiors of churches, and worked for a revival of religious art.

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.
All artists are now free to express their own personality.
All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere. — © Maurice Denis
All that is necessary to paint well is to be sincere.
Art is when things appear rounded.
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.
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