Pierre Bonnard

I should like to present myself to the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly.

The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

A painting that is well composed is half finished.

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.

One always talks of surrendering to nature. There is also such a thing as surrendering to the picture.

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

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.

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.