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Paul Gauguin quotes: One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting. One's state of mind is three-quarters of what counts, so it has to be carefully nurtured if you want to do something great and lasting.
Paul Gauguin quotes: The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning. The public wants to understand and learn in a single day, a single minute, what the artist has spent years learning.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them. Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Civilization is what makes you sick. Civilization is what makes you sick.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Silence! I am learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night. Silence! I am learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I have tried to establish the right to dare everything. I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.
Paul Gauguin quotes: If instead of a figure you put the shadow only of a person, you have found an original starting point, that strangeness of which you have calculated. If instead of a figure you put the shadow only of a person, you have found an original starting point, that strangeness of which you have calculated.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power. Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.
Paul Gauguin quotes: In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind. In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Today one can dare anything, and, furthermore, nobody is surprised. Today one can dare anything, and, furthermore, nobody is surprised.
Paul Gauguin quotes: How to re-light the fire the very ashes of which are scattered? How to re-light the fire the very ashes of which are scattered?
Paul Gauguin quotes: Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.
Paul Gauguin quotes: My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist! My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!
Paul Gauguin quotes: Art = a mad search for individualism. Art = a mad search for individualism.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Go on working, freely and furiously, and you will make progress. Go on working, freely and furiously, and you will make progress.
Paul Gauguin quotes: It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone. It is useless to advise solitude for everyone; one must be strong enough to endure it and to work alone.
Paul Gauguin quotes: My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me. My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction. Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I tried to make everything breathe in this painting: faith, quiet suffering, religious and primitive style, and great nature with its scream. I tried to make everything breathe in this painting: faith, quiet suffering, religious and primitive style, and great nature with its scream.
Paul Gauguin quotes: It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue. It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn't follow anybody! Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn't follow anybody!
Paul Gauguin quotes: If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue. If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Absinthe is the only decent drink that suits an artist. Absinthe is the only decent drink that suits an artist.
Paul Gauguin quotes: The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain ... The landscape with its violent, pure colours dazzled and blinded me. I was always uncertain ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: A time will come when people will think I am a myth, or rather something the newspapers have made up. A time will come when people will think I am a myth, or rather something the newspapers have made up.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature. Why work? The gods are there to lavish upon the faithful the good gifts of nature.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer. I made a promise to keep a watch over myself, to remain master of myself, so that I might become a sure observer.
Paul Gauguin quotes: A meter of green is greener than a centimeter. A meter of green is greener than a centimeter.
Paul Gauguin quotes: A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business. A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I shut my eyes in order to see. I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin quotes: A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man. A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Paul Gauguin quotes: 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. 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.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Whatever may happen the sun will rise tomorrow as it rose to-day, beneficent and serene. Whatever may happen the sun will rise tomorrow as it rose to-day, beneficent and serene.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Having the certitude of a succession of days ... equally free and beautiful, peace descends on me. Having the certitude of a succession of days ... equally free and beautiful, peace descends on me.
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. It is well for young men to have a model, but let them draw the curtain over it while they are painting.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.
Paul Gauguin quotes: A critic in my house sees some paintings. Greatly perturbed, he asks for my drawings. My drawings? Never! They are my letters, my secrets. A critic in my house sees some paintings. Greatly perturbed, he asks for my drawings. My drawings? Never! They are my letters, my secrets.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Sometimes people accuse me of being incomprehensible only because they look for an explicative side to my pictures which is not there. Sometimes people accuse me of being incomprehensible only because they look for an explicative side to my pictures which is not there.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul Gauguin quotes: In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists
Paul Gauguin quotes: Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas? Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas?
Paul Gauguin quotes: Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams. Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.
Paul Gauguin quotes: How do you see this tree? Is it green? ... Don't be afraid to paint it as green as possible. How do you see this tree? Is it green?
... Don't be afraid to paint it as green as possible.
Paul Gauguin quotes: 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. 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.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of. Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth
Paul Gauguin quotes: You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book you are the slave of the author's mind. You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book you are the slave of the author's mind.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow ... Beware of luxury! Beware of acquiring the taste and need for it, under the pretext of providing for the morrow ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: Civilization is paralysis. Civilization is paralysis.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us. Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Nothing so resembles a daub as a masterpiece. Nothing so resembles a daub as a masterpiece.
Paul Gauguin quotes: The work of a man is the explanation of the man. The work of a man is the explanation of the man.
Paul Gauguin quotes: It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it. Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Look closely at the Japanese; they draw admirably and yet in them you will see life outdoors and in the sun without shadows ... Look closely at the Japanese; they draw admirably and yet in them you will see life outdoors and in the sun without shadows ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form. Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form.
Paul Gauguin quotes: It is so small a thing, the life of a man, and yet there is time to do great things, fragments of a common task. It is so small a thing, the life of a man, and yet there is time to do great things, fragments of a common task.
Paul Gauguin quotes: What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art? 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 quotes: A nude by Degas is chaste. But his women wash in tubs! ... A nude by Degas is chaste. But his women wash in tubs! ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: Where do we come from?" "What are we?""Where are we going? Where do we come from?" "What are we?""Where are we going?
Paul Gauguin quotes: In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters. In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I sit at my door, smoking a cigarette and sipping my absinthe, and I enjoy every day without a care in the world I sit at my door, smoking a cigarette and sipping my absinthe, and I enjoy every day without a care in the world
Paul Gauguin quotes: Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity! Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
Paul Gauguin quotes: Life is merely a fraction of a second. An infinitely small amount of time to fulfill our desires, our dreams, our passions. Life is merely a fraction of a second. An infinitely small amount of time to fulfill our desires, our dreams, our passions.
Paul Gauguin quotes: We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves. We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.
Paul Gauguin quotes: I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model ... I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates. I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates.
Paul Gauguin quotes: 31. "Shut your eyes in order to see." ~ 31. "Shut your eyes in order to see." ~
Paul Gauguin quotes: With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique. With practice the craft will come almost of itself, in spite of you and all the more easitly if you think of something besides technique.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day! Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day!
Paul Gauguin quotes: Don't over finish your work. There is value to done. Don't over finish your work. There is value to done.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone. Solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.
Paul Gauguin quotes: A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it. A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.
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. The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.
Paul Gauguin quotes: There is no such thing as exaggerated art. I even believe that there is salvation only in extreme. There is no such thing as exaggerated art. I even believe that there is salvation only in extreme.
Paul Gauguin quotes: It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own ... It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own ...
Paul Gauguin quotes: When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body. When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.
Paul Gauguin quotes: However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end. However depressed I may be I am not in the habit of giving up a project without having tried everything, even the 'impossible', to gain my end.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself. Wherever I go I need a period of incubation so that I may learn the essence of nature, which never wishes to be understood or yield herself.
Paul Gauguin quotes: There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul. Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable. Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable.
Paul Gauguin quotes: On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several. On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several.
Paul Gauguin quotes: There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour. There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Is there a recipe for making beauty? The schools give recipes, but they do not beget works that make people exclaim: How beautiful that is! Is there a recipe for making beauty? The schools give recipes, but they do not beget works that make people exclaim: How beautiful that is!
Paul Gauguin quotes: Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist. Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation. 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 quotes: Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts. Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.
Paul Gauguin quotes: The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up and walk away from the table without a deal
Paul Gauguin quotes: Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever. Without delay I began work, without hesitation and all of a fever.
Paul Gauguin quotes: In painting one must search rather for suggestion than for description, as is done in music. In painting one must search rather for suggestion than for description, as is done in music.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it. Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it.
Paul Gauguin quotes: Art is either revolution or plagiarism Art is either revolution or plagiarism

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