Close your eyes and let yourself be carried away into the dreamlike universe of Joan Miró. His audacious forms and vibrant colors hide a simplicity that invites wonder, a bit like finding your inner child again. Miró is an invitation to give free rein to your imagination.

Exclusively for Art Shortlist, discover the 10 most inspiring quotes from the Catalan artist. Dive into the heart of his universe and let yourself be guided on an initiatory journey to meet your own creativity. What echoes will these words find in you? Prepare to rediscover the magic of art through the eyes of Joan Miró.

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by Art Shortlist - January 23, 2025


1 - A simple line painted with the brush can lead to freedom and happiness.




2 - If you have an idea of where you're going, you won't go anywhere.




3 - I think of my studio as a vegetable garden where things follow their natural course. They grow, they mature. You have to graft. You have to water.




4 - To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.




5 - I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.




6 - Painting and poetry are done like making love: an exchange of blood, a total embrace, without any prudence, without any protection. The big leap, every time.




7 - Works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with a clinical freshness.




8 - What is important is not to finish a work, but to foresee that one day it will allow something to begin.




9 - For me, a painting must give off sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem.




10 - I don't make any distinction between poetry and painting.



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