Paul Gauguin Quotes
It is well for young men to have a model, but let them draw the curtain over it while they are painting.
Quotes to Explore
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Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
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He greatly valued his possessions, chiefly because they were his, and derived genuine pleasure from contemplating a painting, a statuette, a rare lace curtain - no matter what - after he had bought it and placed it among his household gods.
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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
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Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
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Sunlight is painting.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
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The world of painting has nothing to do with the art world.
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RADIO – DADA DIX whose monumental painting 'Barricade' now lost created such a sensation in Dresden
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We are going to have perhaps a thousand years of non-representational painting.
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A large vocabulary is like an artist having a big palette of colors. We don't have to use all the colors in a single painting, but it helps to be able to find just the right shade when we need it.
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My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.
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The substance of painting is light.
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Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right, but it's already done and I want to do something new.
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Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.
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Pope Francis tells us who he is by pointing to Caravaggio's St. Matthew: 'Here, this is me, a sinner on whom the Lord has turned his gaze.' He is telling us that he has experienced the same rush of speechless wonder and graced love Caravaggio depicts in his painting.
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I have always loved science, but I have always loved the arts - drawing, painting and, yes, writing - more.
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Painting seems like some kind of peculiar miracle that I need to have again and again.
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Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.
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My pictures had and have secret lives, and so there were things I did not tell, a lot of stuff I did not say back then which I'm saying now... I intend to continue allowing forms of secret life to paintings I'm working on right now because it excites me to do that.
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Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy.
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Our democracy has been around far longer than European democracy.
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It is well for young men to have a model, but let them draw the curtain over it while they are painting.
