Paul Gauguin Quotes

The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.

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• The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.

  

  Paul Gauguin
  • Powerful
  • Painting
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