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Charles Burchfield Quotes



Quotes by Charles Burchfield - (6 quotes)

Charles Burchfield - From the Aging category:

As an artist grows older, he has to fight disillusionment and learn to establish the same relation to nature as an adult, as he had when a child. (Charles Burchfield)

Charles Burchfield - From the Complementaries category:

An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken the beholder, but do not disturb him. (Charles Burchfield)

Charles Burchfield - From the Complementaries category:

The charm of the season – and the day in particular – is to be found in the union of the two complementaries blue and orange. (Charles Burchfield)

Charles Burchfield - From the Importance category:

Before starting work go thru all the former material. Many things of vital importance have been lost sight of. (Charles Burchfield)

Charles Burchfield - From the Listening category:

It seems at times I should be a composer of sounds, not only of rhythms and colors. Walking under the trees, I felt as if the color made sound. (Charles Burchfield)

Charles Burchfield - From the Vision category:

- notes to himself regarding the countryside...
Get yourself to a vantage point of seclusion and view the world with your eyes alone. Think of the infinite spaces of the skies and the world beneath. (Charles Burchfield)