Quotes from Joan Miro

The painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later.

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

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

I throw down the gauntlet to chance. For example, I prepare the ground for a picture by cleaning my brush over the canvas. Spilling a little turpentine can also be helpful.

To gain freedom is to gain simplicity.