“On the other hand, the artist has much to do in the realm of color construction, which is so little explored and so obscure, and hardly dates back any farther than to the beginning of Impressionism.”

—  Robert Delaunay

Quote in: Herschel Browning Chipp Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics http://books.google.co.in/books?id=zvbyDtOaNVgC&amp;pg=PA318, University of California Press, 1968, p. 318 <br class="br">1915 - 1941

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