I shut my eyes in order to see. 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 reincarnation body soul 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 irritated essentials faces A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it. Paul Gauguin form dream looks Sometimes people accuse me of being incomprehensible only because they look for an explicative side to my pictures which is not there. Paul Gauguin sides people looks Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth? Paul Gauguin do-you-know photography knows Machines have come, art has fled, and I am far from thinking photography can help us. Paul Gauguin photography art thinking Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas? Paul Gauguin canvas courage sun 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 eye dream night 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 drawing house art 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 technique practice thinking 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 philosophy history art 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 shining light world A time will come when people will think I am a myth, or rather something the newspapers have made up. Paul Gauguin newspapers people thinking
