We perceive nature through the senses, which give us images of forms of colour, sounds etc. A form which exists only in relation to another form on its own, it does not exist. Edouard Vuillard More Quotes by Edouard Vuillard More Quotes From Edouard Vuillard Who speaks of art speaks of poetry. There is not art without a poetic aim. There is a species of emotion particular to painting. There is an effect that results from a certain arrangement of colors, of lights, of shadows. It is this that one calls the music of painting Edouard Vuillard color light art To say that a thing is beautiful is simply an act of faith, not a measurement on some kind of scale. Edouard Vuillard measurement kind beautiful Nothing is important save the spiritual state that enables one to subjectify one's thoughts to a sensation and to think only of the sensation, all the while searching to express it. Edouard Vuillard important spiritual thinking I do not belong to any school, I simply want to do something that is personal to my self. Edouard Vuillard individuality self school The expressive techniques of painting are capable of conveying an analogy but not an impossible photograph of a moment. Edouard Vuillard analogies technique impossible There is no art without a poetic aim. Edouard Vuillard poetic aim art Conceive of a picture really as a series of harmonies. Edouard Vuillard harmony series The painter’s instrument Edouard Vuillard painter armchairs instruments