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The question of painting is bound up with epistemology, with the engagement of the viewer, with what the viewer may learn.

Guido Molinari

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Guido Molinari
Age: 70 †
Born: 1933
Born: October 12
Died: 2004
Died: February 21
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Montreal
Quebec
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It's impossible to just localize your perceptions - because the stimuli come from both eyes.
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I choose color on the spur of the moment. People ask me why I paint in red. I do not have the slightest idea. I was painting in blue, then I had a need to paint in red. To be able to interact with the medium, this is the key. There are no sure ways to do art.
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In a way, the blank canvas... represents the infinity of trying to use color to express emotions - to assign a linguistic function to color.
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Anything is of course inexhaustible, because at each moment the brain has a different pattern to construct.
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Just as with the quartet, each part of a painting is telling a different story.
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Just listening carefully to what the musicians are really doing, putting the music in the right time... I became aware of the degree to which time, and therefore duration, was important in music and in art. It had a direct influence on my painting.
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