Paul Gauguin Quotes

“All the masters have those weak points that are called masterpieces; and besides, they do them as crowd pleasers – to prove that they have the know-how.”

“Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.”

“In art, the state of the soul in which we find ourselves constitutes three quarters of the work; therefore, it should be nurtured if you want to do something big and lasting...”

“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!”

“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.”

“Solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.”

“The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most brutes have that.”