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A HAPPY 2012
Dear Friends, wish you all a wonderful 2012 filled with art, love, friendship and Passion… ♥ Monique Photo Man Ray
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A curated selection from the Moniqs archive, newest first. More stories are being moved over from the original site.
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MALEVICH ~ ON SINCERITY
Only dull and impotent artists screen their work with sincerity. In art there is need for truth, not sincerity. Kazimir Malevich Self portrait, 1933
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MUCHA ~ CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA
WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR
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EDWARD HOPPER ~ A REASON FOR PAINTING
If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (1882-1967) Western Motel
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GEORGE BRASSAI ~ THE NEED OF PASSION
In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to grasp it and exhaust it, you may take some beautiful pictures, but not a photographic oeuvre. GEORGE BRASSAI passers-by in the rain , 1935
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LEWIS MUMFORD ~ ON MYSTERY
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. Lewis Mumford Lewis Mumford (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American
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FRANCISCO GOYA ~ YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE / NO TE ESCAPARAS
She who wants to be caught never escapes ~ Nunca se escapa la qe. se quiere dejar coger. Goya – Los Caprichos
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SCHOPENHAUER ~ ROYAL ART
Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first. Arthur Schopenhauer
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PABLO PICASSO ~ WHAT IS AN ARTIST?
29th September 1955: Spanish painter Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973) What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or his ears if he is a musician? …On the contrary, he is at the same time a political being, constantly on the alert to the
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BONNARD ~ THE TWO LIVES OF A PAINTER
“I am just beginning to understand what it is to paint. A painter should have two lives, one in which to learn, and one in which to practice his art.” Pierre Bonnard
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MARIE NEIGE MAIRE D'EGLISE ~ ART RUNS THROUGH HER VEINS
Alice et le lapin Blanc Le petit chaperon rouge MARIE NEIGE Marie Neige is an autodidact…a real artist as we say. Art runs through her veins and you can clearly see this in her work. Her collages are fantastic, a magic world has come alive. Have to admit that I am a huge fan of
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MARIE NEIGE MAIRE D’EGLISE ~ ART RUNS THROUGH HER VEINS
Alice et le lapin Blanc Le petit chaperon rouge MARIE NEIGE Marie Neige is an autodidact…a real artist as we say. Art runs through her veins and you can clearly see this in her work. Her collages are fantastic, a magic world has come alive. Have to admit that I am a huge fan of
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