Augustus John Quotes

United Kingdom, Painter
January 4, 1878 – October, 31, 1961.

Augustus Edwin John OM RA was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a short time around 1910, he was an important exponent of Post-Impressionism in the United Kingdom. He was the brother of the painter Gwen John.

The... promptitude with which many painters, on arriving at an entirely new and unfamiliar place, settle down to work at once, never fails to astonish me: it seems indecent, like button-holing a complete stranger.

Augustus John
- Work
- New
- Places
It isn't enough to have the eyes of a gazelle... you also need the claws of a cat in order to capture your bird alive and play with it before you eat it, and so join its life to yours. This is the mystery of painting.

Augustus John
- Painting
- Mystery
- Capture

A painter leaves his emotions behind him for posterity to share.

Augustus John
- Emotions
- Share
- Painter