Giorgio Morandi quotes - page 2

Giorgio Morandi was an Italian artist, renowned for his unique still lifes and subtle use of color and light. His paintings often depict simple everyday objects, capturing their quiet beauty through minimalist compositions. He is revered for his meditative approach to art and influence on modern Italian painting. Here are 29 of his quotes:

I also believe there is nothing more surreal and nothing more abstract than reality.

Giorgio Morandi

Among the ancient painters, the Tuscan's are the ones that interest me more: above all Giotto and Massacio [in early Renaissance]. Of the modern painters I think that Corot, Courbet, Fattori, and Cezanne are the most legitimate heirs to the glorious Italian tradition.

Giorgio Morandi

My only source of instruction has always been the study of works, whether of the past or contemporary artists, which can offer us an answer to our questions if we formulate these properly... I would never be of much use as a guide or instructor, nor have I ever wanted to be one, even when I have been asked to undertake the job [still, Morandi was art professor - etchings - at the Art Academy of Bologna for many years].

Giorgio Morandi