ANDRE DERAIN

Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment

Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this method was to free the picture from all imitative and conventional contact.

The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.

It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)

We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.

The substance of painting is light.

I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.

Colors were dynamite for us.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

The substance of painting is light.

I do not innovate. I transmit.

I'd like to study the drawings of kids. That's where the truth is, without a doubt.

The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.

Fauvism was our ordeal by fire... colours became charges of dynamite. They were expected to charge light... The great merit of this method was to free the picture from all imitative and conventional contact.

It was the era of photography. This may have influenced us, and played a part in our reaction against anything resembling a snapshot of life. (On the year 1905)

Art must not be intelligent; art is a jouisance, an enjoyment

We become intoxicated with color, with words that speak of color, and with the sun that makes colors brighter.

Colors were dynamite for us.