Gustave Moreau Professions : Painter Born : April 6, 1826 Died : April 18, 1898 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Gustave Moreau I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. Gustave Moreau burning abstract passion I believe only in what I do not see. Gustave Moreau i-believe believe Color must be thought, imagined, dreamed. Gustave Moreau color I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the passions of man certainly interest me deeply, but I am less concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind than to render visible, so to speak, the inner flashes of intuition which have something divine in their apparent insignificance and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are transposed into the marvellous effects of pure plastic art. Gustave Moreau passion men art I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my imagination free play, and I have not been led astray by it. Gustave Moreau dream play reality Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself. Gustave Moreau artist opportunity No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream. Gustave Moreau dream men believe I believe neither in what I touch nor what I see. I only believe in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel. Gustave Moreau i-believe feels believe Think colour! Know how to imagine it! Gustave Moreau colour imagine thinking This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied. Gustave Moreau woman down nature animal When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations. Gustave Moreau women nature stupid life Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
