Robert Delaunay

Artist

1885-04-12

Quotes by Robert Delaunay

• This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art.

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• I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.

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• The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness.

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