Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction. Paul Gauguin More Quotes by Paul Gauguin More Quotes From Paul Gauguin When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body. Paul Gauguin reincarnationbodysoul Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself. Paul Gauguin irritatedessentialsfaces A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it. Paul Gauguin formdreamlooks Sometimes people accuse me of being incomprehensible only because they look for an explicative side to my pictures which is not there. Paul Gauguin sidespeoplelooks Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth? Paul Gauguin do-you-knowphotographyknows Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us. Paul Gauguin photographyartthinking Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas? Paul Gauguin canvascouragesun Night is here. All is at rest. My eyes close in order to see without actually understanding the dream that flees before men infinite space; and I experience the languorous sensation produced by the mournful procession of my hopes. Paul Gauguin eyedreamnight 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 drawinghouseart 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 techniquepracticethinking A critic is someone who meddles with something that is none of his business. Paul Gauguin critics Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist. Paul Gauguin philosophyhistoryart Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which is the immemorial youth of nature. Paul Gauguin shininglightworld A time will come when people will think I am a myth, or rather something the newspapers have made up. Paul Gauguin newspaperspeoplethinking
