James Ensor

James Ensor

Style: Expressionism

Lived: April 13, 1860 - November 19, 1949 (19th - 20th century)

Nationality: Belgium

Vision changes while it observes.

Reason and nature are the enemy of the artist.

I do not impose impressions. I attach no importance to labels. I don't like adjectives.

God is a force. He is that which is strong. God is what we believe in.

My art tends toward the literary. My pictures tend toward the outskirts of painting: But why generalize? It is possible to realize one thing or another, according to the impressions gained from one point of view or another. But it is too difficult to make a general rule.