Joan Miro
Joan Miro
Joan Miró i Ferràwas a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth20 April 1893
CountrySpain
color simplicity three
My tendency towards bareness and simplification has been practiced in three fields: modeling, colors, and the figuration of the personages.
discovery vocabulary different
I work like a labourer on a farm or in a vineyard. Things come to me slowly. My vocabulary of forms, for instance, has not been the discovery of a day. It took shape in spite of myself... That is why I am always working on a hundred different things at the same time.
art character mean
I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness.
character color alive
My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details.
religious art hands
Art class was like a religious ceremony to me. I would wash my hands carefully before touching paper or pencils. The instruments of work were sacred objects to me.
gentleman littles mediocre-life
What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.
art wind making-love
Painting or poetry is made as one makes love - a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back.
bird firsts painting
I begin painting and as I paint the picture begins to assert itself, or suggest itself, under my brush. The form becomes a sign for a woman or a bird as I work... The first stage is free, unconscious... the second stage is carefully calculated.
painting distinction
I make no distinction between poetry and painting.
giving dazzle sparks
For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.
ideas giving simplicity
The simplest things give me ideas.
simple drawing freedom-and-happiness
A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.
mean expression impact
As regards my means of expression, I try my hardest to achieve the maximum of clarity, power, and plastic aggressiveness; a physical sensation to begin with, followed up by an impact on the psyche.
firsts painting canvas
When I stand before a canvas, I never know what I'll do, and I am the first one surprised at what comes out.