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Paul Gauguin was a French Post-Impressionist painter known for his distinctive use of color and symbolism. His works often depicted the landscapes and people of Tahiti, reflecting his longing for a primitive way of life. Gauguin is a significant figure in art history, profoundly influencing later artists.

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Famous Paul Gauguin Quotes

“Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.”

Life Dream Fear Atheism Revenge Rage Just A Dream Best Revenge Exacting Revenge Revenge Is Sweet

Book:Gauguin's Intimate Journals

Source: Gauguin's Intimate Journals

“You may dream freely when you listen to music as well as when you look at painting. When you read a book you are the slave of the author's mind.”

Mind Wells Looks May Book Dream Painting Slave Listening To Music

Author:Paul Gauguin

“My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me.”

Dream Eye Space Infinite Elusive Infinite Space

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“Life is merely a fraction of a second. An infinitely small amount of time to fulfill our desires, our dreams, our passions.”

Dream Life Is Desire Passion Amount Our Dreams Fractions Small Amounts

Author:Paul Gauguin

“And here in my isolation I can grow stronger. Poetry seems to come of itself, without effort, and I need only let myself dream a little while painting to suggest it.”

Needs Littles I Can Dream Seems Grows Effort Creativity Creative Painting Stronger Isolation Introvert Being Alone

Author:Paul Gauguin

“Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams.”

Dream Language Color Mysterious

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“A great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.”

Looks Dream Form Sentiments Simplest

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation.”

Thinking Art Dream Fronts Creation Art Is Copies Celebration Abstraction

Author:Paul Gauguin

“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.”

Men Dream Eye Night Order Understanding Space Infinite Sensations Procession Infinite Space

Author:Paul Gauguin

“Seek art and abstraction in nature by dreaming in the presence of it.”

Art Dream Nature Abstraction

Author:Paul Gauguin

“A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate on what you will create as a result.”

Art Dream Bits Results Advice Art Is Copies Abstraction Nature And Art

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

About the Author

Born: June 7, 1848
Died: May 8, 1903
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 144

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The writings of a savageRelated source material

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Noa Noa: The Tahitian JournalRelated source material

The Intimate Journals of Paul GauguinRelated source material

An Exhibition of Paintings, Engravings & Sculpture [by] GauguinRelated source material

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Gauguin: a retrospectiveRelated source material

Letters to His Wife and FriendsRelated source material

Noa Noa: Gauguin's TahitiRelated source material

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