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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

“Sometimes people accuse me of being incomprehensible only because they look for an explicative side to my pictures which is not there.”

People Looks Sometimes Sides Comprehension

Author:Paul Gauguin

“If I did what has already been done, I would be a plagiarist and would consider myself unworthy; so I do something different and people call me a scoundrel. I'd rather be a scoundrel than a plagiarist!”

People Ifs Different Done Would Be Call Me Unworthy Scoundrels Plagiarism

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“In art there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists”

People Art Two Type Revolutionary

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“Many people say that I don't know how to draw because I don't draw particular forms. When will they understand that execution, drawing and color (in other words, style) must be in harmony with the poem?”

People Knows Form Know How Style Particular Color Draws Harmony Drawing Execution

Author:Paul Gauguin

“A time will come when people will think I am a myth, or rather something the newspapers have made up.”

People Thinking Made Myth Newspapers

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“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!”

People Want Different Accepting Crazy Painting Demand Degrees Painter Peculiar Originality

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“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.”

People Doors Sight Folks Over You Nails Respectable Plain Sight

Book:The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin

Source: The Intimate Journals of Paul Gauguin

“I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue - which is what many people think I am, for that matter.”

People Thinking Knows Matter Artist Suffering Pursue Vocation Great Art Great Artist Rogues

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“In art, there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists. And in the end, doesn't the revolutionary's work become official, once the State takes it over?”

People Art Two Ends States Type Revolutionary Officials

Book:The writings of a savage

Source: The writings of a savage

“Sooner or later people will learn to recognize your worth”

People Sooner Or Later

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

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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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