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
picture second week
You can look at a picture for a week an never think of it again. You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life.
painting
The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.
simplicity gains
To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.
small-numbers color done
Little by little, I've reached the stage of using only a small number of forms and colors. It's not the first time that painting has been done with a very narrow range of colors. The frescoes of the tenth century are painted like this. For me, they are magnificent things.
painting distinction
I make no distinction between poetry and painting.
gentleman littles mediocre-life
What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.
depth movement limits
A modeled form is less striking than one which is not. Modeling prevents shock and limits movement to the visual depth. Without modeling or chiaroscuro depth is limitless: movement can stretch to infinity.
courage believe adventure
I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."
where-you-are-going where-you-are notion
If you have any notion of where you are going, you will never get anywhere.
gardener
I work like a gardener.