Joan Miró quotes giving insights into Miró’s artistic philosophy, emphasising his desire to convey intensity and life through his art.
He saw objects as having their own hidden stories and sought to create works that capture emotions and sensations.
Miró’s words reflect his unique approach to art, where he blended imagination, symbolism, and a sense of wonder.
“I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.”
“I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means.”
“I try to escape from the absolute noise of the street by seeking a silence in which I can recover myself and my innermost thoughts.”
“For me, an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings.”
“I want to reach that state of condensation of sensations which constitutes a picture.”
“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.”
“The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.”
“The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. I’m overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun.”
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”
“I try to apply colours like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.”
