Paul Signac Quotes
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Divisionism is a complex system of harmony, an aesthetic rather than a technique.
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By the elimination of all muddy colors, by the exclusive use of optical mixture of pure colors, by a methodical divisionism and a strict observation of the scientific theory of colors, the neo-impressionist insures a maximum of luminosity, of color intensity, and of harmony - a result that has never yet been obtained.
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The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future.
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To divide is to seek the power and harmony of color, through representing colored light by pure elements, and through employing the optical mixture of these pure elements, separated and proportioned according to the essential laws of contrast and graduation.
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The art of the colorist has in some ways elements of mathematics and music.
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Art is a creation of a higher order than a copy of nature which is governed by chance..
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The Neo-Impressionist does not stipple, he divides. And dividing involves... guaranteeing all benefits of light.
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The anarchist painter is not the one who will create anarchist pictures, but the one who will fight with all his individuality against official conventions.