{"id":271373,"date":"2018-02-03T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=271373"},"modified":"2021-12-15T07:36:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:36:45","slug":"joan-miro-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/joan-miro-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Real Quotes from Surrealist Master Joan Mir\u00f3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_277603\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/photography\/color-photography\/mark-shaw-joan-miro-at-work-his-studio\/id-a_87930\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277603\" class=\"wp-image-277603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_miro_cu_at_wk_1.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Mir\u00f3 at Work in His Studio, 1955, by Mark Shaw\" width=\"680\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_miro_cu_at_wk_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_miro_cu_at_wk_1-519x350.jpg 519w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/art_miro_cu_at_wk_1-120x81.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/photography\/color-photography\/mark-shaw-joan-miro-at-work-his-studio\/id-a_87930\/\"><em>Joan Mir\u00f3 at Work in His Studio<\/em>, 1955, by Mark Shaw<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBy nature, I am tragic and taciturn,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/creators\/joan-miro\/\">Joan Mir\u00f3<\/a> in the opening line of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joan Mir\u00f3: I Work Like a Gardener<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.papress.com\/html\/product.details.dna?isbn=9781616896287\">pocket-size hardcover<\/a>, recently republished by Princeton Architectural Press in a new English translation, consists almost entirely of the Spanish Surrealist\u2019s words, culled from a 1958 interview between Mir\u00f3 and French critic Yvon Taillandier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is full of insights into the mind of Mir\u00f3 (1893\u20131983), who was famous for creating decidedly <em>un<\/em>-taciturn works that vibrate with electrifying colors and primitively rendered shapes resembling eyeballs, microorganisms, birds, rocks, arrows, crescent moons and stars that seem to drift in an alternate universe. \u201cMy painting may be considered as humorous and gay, in spite of my tragic disposition,\u201d the artist concedes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below are 10 illuminating tidbits from the book, alongside artworks from 1stdibs. (You can also learn more about Mir\u00f3 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/cameo-jewelry\/\">our piece<\/a> analyzing 12 famous artist signatures.)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277793\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-linhibe\/id-a_2201493\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277793\" class=\"wp-image-277793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master.jpg\" alt=\"L'Inhibe, 1969, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master-261x350.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master-708x950.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master-89x120.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0808_master-695x933.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-linhibe\/id-a_2201493\/\"><em>L&#8217;Inhibe<\/em>, 1969<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI begin my pictures under the effect of a shock that makes me escape from reality.\u201d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277633\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/portrait-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-lexile-noir\/id-a_484202\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277633\" class=\"wp-image-277633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l.jpg\" alt=\"L'Exile Noir, 1969, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"1008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-236x350.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-641x950.jpg 641w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-81x120.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-1036x1536.jpg 1036w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9484_l-630x933.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/portrait-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-lexile-noir\/id-a_484202\/\"><em>L&#8217;Exile Noir<\/em>, 1969<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen a painting doesn\u2019t satisfy me, I feel physical distress, as if ill. . . . I work until the distress leaves me.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277733\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-antitete-le-desesperanto\/id-a_1062163\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277733\" class=\"wp-image-277733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miro_Pour_Todd_Hi_l.jpg\" alt=\"L'Antitete: Le D\u00e9sesp\u00e9ranto, 1949, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miro_Pour_Todd_Hi_l.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miro_Pour_Todd_Hi_l-288x350.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miro_Pour_Todd_Hi_l-99x120.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-antitete-le-desesperanto\/id-a_1062163\/\"><em>L&#8217;Antitete: Le D\u00e9sesp\u00e9ranto<\/em>, 1949<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy figures have been subjected to the same simplification as colors.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277643\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-fotoscop\/id-a_198512\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277643\" class=\"wp-image-277643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l.jpg\" alt=\"Fotoscop, 1975, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l-528x350.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l-950x629.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/25653_MRO_c209_Fotoscop_1800_l-365x241.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-fotoscop\/id-a_198512\/\"><em>Fotoscop<\/em>, 1975<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI find my titles gradually as I work, as I link one thing to another on my canvas.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277703\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-escalade\/id-a_924493\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277703\" class=\"wp-image-277703\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1297_l.jpg\" alt=\"Escalade, 1969, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1297_l.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1297_l-268x350.jpg 268w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1297_l-92x120.jpg 92w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-escalade\/id-a_924493\/\"><em>Escalade<\/em>, 1969<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThe spectacle of the sky overwhelms me.\u201d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277683\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/dining-entertaining\/ceramics\/black-white-ceramic-cup-joan-miro\/id-f_8816433\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277683\" class=\"wp-image-277683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Mir\u00f3 ceramic cup, 1940\" width=\"680\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8816433_master-216x216.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/dining-entertaining\/ceramics\/black-white-ceramic-cup-joan-miro\/id-f_8816433\/\">Ceramic cup made by Mir\u00f3 in 1940<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cFolk art always moves me. In this art, there is neither cheating nor faking. It goes straight to the point.\u201d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277723\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-la-jalouse\/id-a_1481953\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277723\" class=\"wp-image-277723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIRO_jalouse_l.jpg\" alt=\"La jalouse, 1981, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIRO_jalouse_l.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIRO_jalouse_l-233x350.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/MIRO_jalouse_l-80x120.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-la-jalouse\/id-a_1481953\/\"><em>La jalouse<\/em>, 1981<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA picture should be like sparks.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277883\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-le-hibou-blasphemateur\/id-a_1277003\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277883\" class=\"wp-image-277883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9713_b_email_l.jpg\" alt=\"Le Hibou blasph\u00e9mateur, 1975, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9713_b_email_l.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9713_b_email_l-434x350.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/9713_b_email_l-120x97.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/prints-works-on-paper\/abstract-prints-works-on-paper\/joan-miro-le-hibou-blasphemateur\/id-a_1277003\/\"><em>Le Hibou blasph\u00e9mateur<\/em>, 1975<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>\u201cIn an artwork, you should be able to discover new things every time you see it.\u201d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277863\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/photography\/color-photography\/mark-shaw-joan-miro-model-margaret-philipps-his-studio\/id-a_87942\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277863\" class=\"wp-image-277863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/miro-with-model.jpg\" alt=\"Joan Mir\u00f3 with Model Margaret Philipps in His Studio, 1955, by Mark Shaw\" width=\"680\" height=\"997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/miro-with-model.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/miro-with-model-239x350.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/miro-with-model-82x120.jpg 82w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/art\/photography\/color-photography\/mark-shaw-joan-miro-model-margaret-philipps-his-studio\/id-a_87942\/\"><em>Joan Mir\u00f3 with Model Margaret Philipps in His Studio<\/em>, 1955, by Mark Shaw<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cA modeled form is less striking than one that is not.\u201d<\/h2>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"attachment_277853\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/wall-decorations\/contemporary-art\/joan-miro-woman-front-mirror-original-color-lithograph-1956\/id-f_8719493\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277853\" class=\"wp-image-277853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8719493_master_1.jpg\" alt=\"Woman in Front of a Mirror, 1956, by Joan Mir\u00f3\" width=\"680\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8719493_master_1.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8719493_master_1-510x350.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/8719493_master_1-120x82.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-277853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/furniture\/wall-decorations\/contemporary-art\/joan-miro-woman-front-mirror-original-color-lithograph-1956\/id-f_8719493\/\"><em>Woman in Front of a Mirror<\/em>, 1956<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone should do what they want, as naturally as breathing.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/Miro_Cheerful_Ogre_1800_master-768x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" 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The pocket-size hardcover, recently republished by Princeton Architectural Press in a new English translation, consists almost entirely of the Spanish Surrealist\u2019s words, culled from a 1958 interview between Mir\u00f3 and French critic Yvon 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