be faced with a company that will make him tell stories

“A painting must have a heart, nervous system, bones, circulation. It should resemble a moving person. It is necessary that whoever looks at it, be faced with a company that will make him tell stories, give you certainties because a painting, is not a escape, must be a friend who speaks, who discovers the riches that lie in us and in our return. " Vieira da Silva




Testament
“A cerulean blue to fly high.
A cobalt blue for happiness.
An ultramarine blue to stimulate the mind.
A vermilion to circulate blood cheerfully.
A moss green to soothe the nerves.
A yellow gold: wealth.
A cobalt violet to dream.
A madder to let you hear the cello.
A yellow barife: science fiction and brightness; flush.
A yellow ocher to accept the ground.
A green veronese for memory spring.
An indigo able to tune the spirit of the storm.
An orange for exercising the vision of a lemon tree in the distance.
A lemon yellow to the charm.
A pure white: purity.
Land of natural siena: the transmutation of gold.
A sumptuous black to see Titian.
A land of natural shade to better accept the melancholy black.
A land of burnt sienna to the sense of duration.”
Maria Helena Vieira da Silva

from here:
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