Two quotations
Monday, September 4th, 2006Two nicely related quotations about design and composition:
“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
and
“Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.” (Michelangelo)
If we’re to judge the quotations by their own standards, then I’d say the Michelangelo one wins, by virtue of being more concise, but they’re both excellent advice. The more I look at art, the more I find myself drawn uncluttered compositions, strong lines, and clean colors. That’s perhaps one of the reasons I’m so fond of Vermeer.
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In other news, I’ve tentatively started on a new drawing project, the details of which I can’t reveal until sometime after it’s finished, as it’s a surprise for someone.
