Georges Seurat quotes

Georges Seurat quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.”
-- Georges Seurat

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“Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science.”
-- Georges Seurat

#Painting Quotes
“Art is harmony. Harmony is the analogy of contrary and of similar elements of tone, of color and of line, conditioned by the dominate key, and under the influence of a particular light, in gay, calm, or sad combinations.”
-- Georges Seurat

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“Painting is the art of hollowing a surface.”
-- Georges Seurat

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“Let's go and get drunk on light again - it has the power to console.”
-- Georges Seurat

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“They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it.”
-- Georges Seurat

Source : Christoph Becker, Julia Burckhardt, Georges Seurat, Kunsthaus Zürich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2009). “Georges Seurat: figure in space”, Hatje Cantz Pub

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“The inability of some critics to connect the dots doesn't make pointillism pointless”
-- Georges Seurat

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