Facts about Joan Miro

Occup.Artist
FromSpain
BornApril 20, 1893
DiedDecember 25, 1983
Aged90 years

Summary

Joan Miro was a famous Artist from Spain, who lived between April 20, 1893 and December 25, 1983. He/she became 90 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac taurus, who is known for Security, Subtle strength, Appreciation, Instruction, Patience. Our collection contains 7 quotes who is written / told by Joan.

7 Famous quotes by Joan Miro

Small: My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been
"My characters have undergone the same process of simplification as the colors. Now that they have been simplified, they appear more human and alive than if they had been represented in all their details"
Small: I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has l
"I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness"
Small: For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much
"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings"
Small: What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is ca
"What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of silence, or what St. John of the Cross, I think it was, described with the term 'mute music'"
Small: Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with th
"Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension"
Small: The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness
"The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness"
Small: I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music
"I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music"