Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay More Quotes by Robert Delaunay More Quotes From Robert Delaunay Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. Robert Delaunay horror architecture art The eye is the most refined of our senses, the one which communicates most directly with our mind, our consciousness. Robert Delaunay consciousness eye mind But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay importance movement color Vision is the true creative rhythm. Robert Delaunay creativity vision creative Simultaneity in light is harmony, the rhythm of colors which creates the Vision of Man. Robert Delaunay color light men Our understanding is correlative to our perception. Robert Delaunay medicine understanding philosophy Seeing is in itself a movement. Robert Delaunay seeing vision movement Direct observation of the luminous essence of nature is for me indispensable Robert Delaunay observation indispensable essence But what I attach great importance to is observation of the movement of colors. It is only in this way that I have found the laws of complementary contrast and the simultaneity of those colors that nourish the rhythm of my vision. There I find the representative essence — which does not arise from a system or an a priori theory. Robert Delaunay color essence doe I am very much afraid of definitions, and yet one is almost forced to make them. One must take care, too, not to be inhibited by them. Robert Delaunay definitions take-care care Painting is by nature a luminous language. Robert Delaunay painting language art The word "art" means harmony for me. I never speak of mathematics and never bother with the Spirit. My only science is the choice of impressions that the light in the universe furnishes to my consciousness as an artisan which I try, by imposing an Order, and Art, an appropriate representative life, to organize. Robert Delaunay light mean art Light comes to us by the sensibility. Without visual sensibility there is no light, no movement. Robert Delaunay visuals movement light Nature engenders the science of painting Robert Delaunay painting Human vision is endowed with the greatest Reality, since it comes to us directly from the contemplation of the Universe. Robert Delaunay contemplation vision reality On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism. Robert Delaunay color artist hands This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art. Robert Delaunay communication men art The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness. Robert Delaunay perception doe world Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting. Robert Delaunay painting birth light If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary. Robert Delaunay relate ifs art
