Camille Pissarro Quotes

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.

Acknowledge the elegance of simplicity.

I've always liked simplicity.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.

A beautiful dress can be as exciting as a poem.

To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.

The highest Beauty should be plain set.

The most beautiful colors laid on at random, give less pleasure than a black-and-white drawing.

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

There's an applied style of being minimal and simple, and then there's real simplicity. This looks simple, because it really is.

Albert Durer, the famous painter, used to say he had no pleasure in pictures that were painted with many colors, but in those which were painted with a choice simplicity. So it is with me as to sermons.

To end up with a canvas that is no less beautiful than the empty canvas is to begin with.

Most works are most beautiful without ornament.

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance.

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.

I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top.

I've only wanted paper and beautiful colors. It was my dream, and it still is my dream. And books. They're all I need, and the rest I can do without.

No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.