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Albert Marquet
12 quotes
“I painted only [in pure colours] at Arcueil and at the Luxembourg Gardens.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by J. P. Crespelle, The Fauves, Oldbourne Press, London 1962, p. 66
“Henri Matisse and I were already working, before the 1900 Exhibition, as far back as 1898, in what was later to be called the Fauve style.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by J. E. Müller, Le Fauvisme, Paris, Hazan, 1956, p. 18
“Our first Salon des Independants, where I think we [Matisse and Marquet] were the only two painters to express ourselves in pure colors, was in 1901.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gordon Brown, 'Albert Marquet', Arts Magazine Vol. 46, November 1971, p. 49.
“It has happened that I have begun a canvas in a brilliant tonality, going on to finish it in a grey notation. (1898)”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by J. E. Müller, Le Fauvisme, Paris, Hazan, 1956, p. 92
“..the Matisse of long ago, so alert, such a battler, always giving as good as he got.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) first seen 1869 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted by Hilary Spurling 'The Unknown Matisse: Man of the North, 1869 – 1908', Penguin UK, 28 Sep, 2006, note 47
“Let's leave the studio and go watch what moves..”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marquet quoted by his wife Marcelle, in 'Exposition Albert Marquet', Musee Jenisch, p. 8; as cited in Albert Marquet and the Fauve movement; 1898-1908, Norris Judd, Thesis (A.B.), published by Sweet Briar College, May, …
“I was certain that they [ Poussin's paintings which Marquet copied frequently in the 1880's] would never bore me.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted by Mikhail Guerman, in Albert Marquet – The Paradox of Time, Parkstone Aurora Publishers, Bournemouth England, 1995, p. 11
“Painting, even if we call it bad, if it is what helps to keep someone alive, how can we condemn it?”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marcelle Marquet, Marquet, Fernand Hazan Editions, Paris 1955, p. 3; as quoted in 'Appendix – Marquet Speaks on his Art' in "Albert Marquet and the Fauve movement, 1898-1908", Norris Judd, published 1976, - translation …
“I do not know how to write or speak but only to paint and draw. Look at what I have done. Whether I have succeeded in explaining myself or not, in any case, if you do not understand my work, through your fault or mine, I can do no more.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Marcelle Marquet, Marquet Fernand Hazan Editions, Paris 1955, p. 6; as quoted in 'Appendix – Marquet Speaks on his Art', in "Albert Marquet and the Fauve movement, 1898-1908", Norris Judd, published 1976, - translation …
“When I draw, 1 am as pre-occupied before a gas-jet as before a human being.”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) first seen 1898 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lane, The Paintings of Albert Marquet p. 188; as quoted in 'Appendix' of Albert Marquet and the Fauve movement, 1898-1908, Norris Judd, published 1976, - translation Norris Judd - Thesis (A.B.)--Sweet Briar College, p. …
“It is in working [= painting] that you will find yourself..”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quotes by Marcelle Marquet; as cited in Exposition Marquet, Musee des Beaux Arts Nancy, Juin - July, 1959, p. 18 (transl. Norris Judd)
“Over the course of the war I came to understand a lot. The Communists are right.. .It's terrible that many people haven't understood anything and want to return everything back..”
Albert Marquet (1875–1947) said by 1947 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: from the memoirs of Ilya Ehrenburg; as quoted by Mikhail Guerman, in Albert Marquet – The Paradox of Time, Parkstone Aurora Publishers, Bournemouth England, 1995, p. 82