Composition

“Although we are bombarded daily with volumes of fragmented and disconnected information, there remains an underlying harmony at work. Collage is seemingly haphazard, yet one can control the medium through the various rules of composition. It is the composition of the whole that brings disparate elements into harmony with one another. The importance of composition cannot be overstated”

"Visual art is art that is made for the eye, for being looked at, studied, examined and enjoyed with the eye. A visual work of art has only its sensuality to speak for it because a truly visual work of art has no other subject that it is about. It is about seeing and what can be grasped by observation."

"There are a lot of things on the contemporary scene masquerading as art but are more properly expressions of politics, sociology, psychology, sexual identity and the exploration of ethnicity. Perhaps they are areas of human interest belonging to a theatrical venue, the halls of congress or a psychologist’s chaise lounge, but are not necessarily suited to a visual art gallery setting."

"The hand-made quality of human perfection, with its quirkiness and lack of exactness is the domain of art while the exactness and precision of machine perfection is the domain of applied design."

“We should strive toward clarity of vision and purity of heart - that our works bridge the past to the future - that we broaden our view to its limits and recognize and respect our place in history.”

Elegance

"Elegance suggests refinement to the point of simplicity, a dignified simplicity, reducing and honing one’s artistic quest to its most elemental qualities."

From: Cecil Touchon: Cut & Paste Interview By Matthew Rose 2009 

Seeing Needs to be Inward

"Art, at any given time is always about imagining, envisioning, developing perspective, insight and so forth – it is all about seeing. But I think the seeing really needs to be more inward especially in these times when everything all around us is screaming for our constant attention"

From: Cecil Touchon: Cut & Paste Interview By Matthew Rose 2009