Joan Miró

Visual Arts Spanish 1893 – 1983 101 quotes

A Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona, whose work is associated with Surrealism, known for his abstract and biomorphic forms.

Quotes by Joan Miró

I want to make art that is timeless.

Interview

My work is a reflection of my inner world.

Interview

I am a seeker.

Interview

The artist must be a shaman.

Interview

I want to make art that is transformative.

Interview

My work is a journey into the unknown.

Interview

I am a rebel with a cause.

Interview

The artist must be a revolutionary.

Interview

I want to make art that is alive and breathing.

Interview

My work is a song, a poem, a dance.

Interview

The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.

Letter 1948

I feel the need to destroy the drawing I have done again and again.

Personal reflection 1920

Never draw what you can see; draw what you can't see.

Speech 1955

The bird is an obvious symbol of freedom.

Interview 1960

I try to apply colors like words, rhythmically.

Book excerpt 1937

In a picture, the framing should never be apparent.

Professional observation 1940

I want to assassinate painting.

Manifesto 1929

The content is the light, the color, the form.

Interview 1950

I am essentially a poet.

Personal reflection 1970

My whole life has been a continuous search for forms.

Speech 1965