Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redonwas a French symbolist painter, printmaker, draughtsman and pastellist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth20 April 1840
CountryFrance
Odilon Redon quotes about
soul fundamentals masters
The fundamental grey which differentiates the masters, expresses them and is the soul of all colour.
ideas clothes giving
The painter is not an intellectual if, when he has painted a nude woman, he gives us the idea that she is just about to put her clothes back on.
doors stories littles
I have placed there a little door opening on to the mysterious. I have made stories.
art lying moral
The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.
feelings shadow
I have a feeling only for shadows
color black
One must respect black. Nothing prostitutes it.
art achievement subconscious
Nothing in Art is achieved by will alone. It is achieved by docilely submitting to the subconscious.
judging understanding impossible
It is difficult to judge one's contemporaries; perhaps it is impossible to understand them.
heart voice
I am repelled by those who voice the word 'nature', without having any trace of it in their hearts.
artist yield spirit
The artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit.
artist ideas perfection
Artists who approach perfection do not have many ideas.
fashion law giving
All my originality consists?in giving life in human fashion to beings which are impossible according to the laws of possibility.
passion artist goal
The good work proceeds with tenacity, intention, without interruption, with an equal measure of passion and reason and it must surpass that goal the artist has set for himself.
originality logic invisible
My originality consists in putting the logic of the visible to the service of the invisible.