Civilization is what makes you sick. Paul Gauguin More Quotes by Paul Gauguin More Quotes From Paul Gauguin Having the certitude of a succession of days... equally free and beautiful, peace descends on me. Paul Gauguin succession beautiful peace I plunged eagerly and passionately into the wilderness, as if in the hope of thus penetrating into the very heart of this Nature, powerful and maternal, there to blend with her living elements. Paul Gauguin powerful nature heart No one wants my painting because it is different from other people's peculiar, crazy public that demands the greatest possible degree of originality on the painter's part and yet won't accept him unless his work resembles that of the others! Paul Gauguin crazy want people The work of a man is the explanation of the man. Paul Gauguin he-man work men A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God - to create like our Divine Master. Paul Gauguin hints treasure art I'd like to write the way I do my paintings, that is, as fantasy takes me, as the moon dictates. Paul Gauguin moon writing way Literary poetry in a painter is something special, and is neither illustration nor the translation of writing by form. Paul Gauguin illustration poetry writing I am entering into the truth, into nature. Paul Gauguin entering truth 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. Paul Gauguin blue yellow tree In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists Paul Gauguin two people art There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite. Paul Gauguin clothes fashion art Silence! I am learning to know the silence of a Tahitian night. Paul Gauguin silence knows night Nail up some indecency in plain sight over your door; from that time forward you will be rid of all respectable people,the most insupportable folk God has created. Paul Gauguin sight doors people On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several. Paul Gauguin tone painting instruments Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it. Paul Gauguin nature dream art Proficiency in art is a contract with your self and the empowerment of your self. Not all of us demand or even desire proficiency, but for those who do it's necessary to temper the influence of groups. And while some artists think history is bunk, the historical evidence is overwhelming: "In my isolation I grow stronger." Paul Gauguin self art thinking In painting one must search rather for suggestion than for description, as is done in music. Paul Gauguin suggestions painting done Soon I'll be old and I've done precious little in this world for lack of time. I am always afraid I'll become senile before I've finished what I've undertaken. Paul Gauguin done littles world 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 shadow light looks Happiness and work rose up together with the sun, radiant like it. Paul Gauguin together rose happiness
