Paul Gauguin Quotes
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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
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By the combination of lines and colors, under the pretext of some motif taken from nature, I create symphonies and harmonies that represent nothing absolutely real in the ordinary sense of the word but are intended to give rise to thoughts as music does.
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Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.
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There are two sorts of beauty; one is the result of instinct, the other of study. A combination of the two, with the resulting modifications, brings with it a very complicated richness, which the art critic ought to try to discover.
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A nude by Degas is chaste. But his women wash in tubs!
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The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.
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Night is here. All is at rest. My eyes close in order to see without actually understanding the dream that flees before men infinite space; and I experience the languorous sensation produced by the mournful procession of my hopes.
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Art is either revolution or plagiarism
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I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots.
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When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.
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The critics can say stupid things and we can enjoy them, if we have the legitimate feeling of superiority - the satisfaction of a duty accomplished.
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Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.
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Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature.
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I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.
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There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.
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How do you see those tree?... They are yellow. Well then put down yellow. And that shadow is rather blue. So render it with pure ultramarine. Those red leaves? Use vermillion.
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I have always wanted a mistress who was fat, and I have never found one. To make a fool of me, they are always pregnant.
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We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.
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The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning.
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Whatever may happen the sun will rise tomorrow as it rose to-day, beneficent and serene.
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Civilization is what makes you sick.
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Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
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Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth.
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Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.