Bonnard Examining Leaves, Marthe Bonnard, 1900

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„Bonnard, the great master of the blur. To create the blur in art, the hand must be precise, firm, like that of a surgeon.“

– David Perlov

„It is necessary to see them in the middle of the field, moist fingers raised to catch the wind and ears pricked up to hear what it’s saying. So the most naked sensations serve as a compass. Everything else, ethics and aesthetics, content and form, derives from this. „

–  Serge Daney on  Trop tôt / Trop tard  (trans. Jonathan Rosenbaum)