Juan Gris Professions : Painter Born : March 23, 1887 Died : May 11, 1927 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Juan Gris Cubism is not a manner but an aesthetic, and even a state of mind; it is therefore inevitably connected with every manifestation of contemporary thought. It is possible to invent a technique or a manner independently, but one cannot invent the whole complexity of a state of mind. Juan Gris technique states mind The instant you know what the result will be, you are lost. Juan Gris serendipity results lost I always pet a dog with my left hand because if he bit me I'd still have my right hand to paint with. Juan Gris pet dog hands Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthetic element, and the cross-threads as the technical, architectural, or abstract element. These threads are interdependent and complementary, and if one set is lacking the fabric does not exist. A picture with no representational purpose is to my mind always an incomplete technical exercise, for the only purpose of any picture is to achieve representation. Juan Gris mind doe exercise I try to make concrete that which is abstract. Juan Gris concrete abstract trying Cézanne made a cylinder out of a bottle. I start from the cylinder to create a special kind of individual object. I make a bottle a particular bottle out of a cylinder. Juan Gris cylinders bottles special I prefer the emotion that corrects the rule. Juan Gris emotion I make a composition with a white and a black, and make adjustments when the white has become a paper and the black a shadow. Juan Gris black shadow white You are lost the moment you know what the result will be. Juan Gris result know moment you Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
