Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufywas a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy. He developed a colorful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs of ceramics and textiles, as well as decorative schemes for public buildings. He is noted for scenes of open-air social events. He was also a draftsman, printmaker, book illustrator, scenic designer, a designer of furniture, and a planner of public spaces...
again closest confused launching nature study subjects turn
When I feel a little confused . . . the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again Into the subjects closest to heart.
eyes paint wish
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.
sun imitation oneself
One must not imitate the sun, one must make oneself into a sun.
art eight long
France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century.
art america waiting
American art, like America, must wait and live a while longer.
character blue color
Blue is the only color that maintains its own character in all its tones…it will always stay blue.
hypothesis dear
Nature, my dear sir, is only a hypothesis.
law conformity hours
I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.
what-matters way subjects
The subject itself is of no account; what matters is the way it is presented.
confused heart littles
When I feel a little confused, the only thing to do is to turn back to the study of nature before launching once again into the subjects closest to heart.
eye ugly made
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly.
love eye heart
I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart.
character color yellow
Blue is the only color which maintains its own character in all its tones it will always stay blue; whereas yellow is blackened in its shades, and fades away when lightened; red when darkened becomes brown, and diluted with white is no longer red, but another color – pink.