C
Cézanne, Constable, Canaletto, Chagall, Caracci, Corot, Chirico, Cassatt, Caillebotte: great “C”s
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Calligraphy
Calligraphy: a means of expression for somebody who is neither painter nor writer
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Capillarity
Capillarity: the art of going beyond the limits
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Caprice
Caprice knows music, the capricious person does too
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Carpet
The softness of a carpet is pleasanter to the foot than the cold of marble
J.P.A.A
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Cartoon
The cartoon is to the novel what the clip is to the song
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Catalan
The Catalan is proud of his country, of his football and of Gaudi
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Centenarian
Turpentine and linseed oil often make centenarians; the majority of painters live to be old
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Ceramic
Ceramic, another support for painting
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Certificate
To obtain the authenticity certificate of a work of art is often like going on an assault course
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Chalk
Chalk is effective from hopscotch on the pavement to the masterpiece
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Chapel
Those who paint for their chapel rarely decorate it
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Character
Character is to talent what ‘no’ is to a question
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Charcoal
Charcoal enables us to re-draw what we have burnt
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Charcoal crayon
The charcoal crayon is the best means of expression for a caricaturist
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Chef
Every great chef would certainly be a good painter if he changed profession
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Chestnuts
We must know how to the pull the chestnuts out of the fire
J.P.A.A
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Chisel
You can carve with it. Add an ‘x’ to its translation in French (ciseau) and you have something to cut with (ciseaux)
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Christ
Christ, without ever posing, was the most painted of models
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Circle
The circle is very often a group which goes round in circles
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Climb
Trees do not climb up to the sky
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Coated
No painting will resist the passage of time if it is not coated
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Coats of arms
Coats of arms: these immense visiting cards of our ancestors.
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Colleague
A colleague can be an enemy if he is too close to you
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Collector
I am always wary of collectors with the soul of a child; like them they often collect stupidities
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Colour
Artists never colour, they just paint
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Colour
Colours can be the enemies of a drawing
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Compass
The painter who trusts his compass is relying on a ghost
J-D Ingres
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Competition
Combinations of circumstances often win competitions
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Complementary
Complementary colours have been discovered thanks to poverty
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Conceptual
Conceptual art: you would need whole dictionaries in order to define it
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Conceptual art
Conceptual art: the contemporary adaptation of art to everyday life.
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Connaisseur
A connoisseur is often only one if he confirms the choice of he who says he is
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Contemporary
Contemporary is from another period; the future too
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Continuity
Polymorphous continuity of introspective notations is co-extensible with the translucidity of consciousness and contradicts the objectivized velt bilt which structures the field of creativity
Babo
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Copy
The exact copy: the carbon paper of a drawing
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Copy
The copy is often the outcome of unrecognized talent
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Copy
What is exemplary about a copy is that it is not alone
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Copying
One chance when created, 1000 chances with the copying
J.P.A.A
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Counterfeit
Counterfeiting! What a way to behave!
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Course
A good course never meanders
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Craquelure
Craquelure are the wrinkles of the painting; they show its age (beware in both cases of varnish)
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Creativity
Creativity cannot be figurative
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Creator
The artist must not simply be a creator; he must know how to interpret
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Cubism
Cubism without African art is the world cup without Senegal
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Culture
Man’s culture is like cultivating the earth: it yields very little compared to what is sown
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Curiosity
Curiosity has this which is good about it: it is rare
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Current
What is important in art is to learn to swim against the current
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Current
The current is like what is ordinary: it passes….
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