Joan Miró

Rather than the palette, I use the whole world as my palette.

I paint dreams.

The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me.

I am against the idea of the 'avant-garde'.

Everything is born in the subconscious.

I don't work to have a style; the style comes from the work.

The line is the first gesture of expression.

I need the illusion of infinity.

Painting is a way of keeping the soul steady.

The color has to be violent.

I throw myself into the unknown.

Forms must be simplified to the extreme.

The world is my canvas.

I paint with my whole body.

Silence is the best inspiration.

I seek the accidental.

The eye must see spontaneously.

Life is a dream, and I paint dreams.

I destroy to create.

Colors are my vocabulary.