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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul Gauguin -
Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation.
Paul Gauguin
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It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own.
Paul Gauguin -
I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
Paul Gauguin -
The work of a man is the explanation of the man.
Paul Gauguin -
I am a great artist and I know it, it is because I am that I have been able to endure so much suffering.
Paul Gauguin -
Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.
Paul Gauguin -
If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.
Paul Gauguin
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I am entering into the truth, into nature.
Paul Gauguin -
On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.
Paul Gauguin -
I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.
Paul Gauguin -
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.
Paul Gauguin -
What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?
Paul Gauguin -
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin