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“In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he wishes to make something great and lasting.”

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Paul Gauguin

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. more

“Art, although produced by man's hands, is something not created by hands alone, but something which wells up from a deeper source out of our soul.....My sympathies in the literary as well as in the artistic field are drawn most strongly to those artists in whom I see most the working of the soul.”

Men Wells Art Soul Hands Artist Fields Source Deeper Artistic My Sympathy

Author:Vincent Van Gogh

“The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.”

Art Form Artist Goal Mastery Adapting

Book:Concerning the spiritual in art

Source: Concerning the spiritual in art

“I think you too recognize the important relationship between philosophy and art, and it is just this relationship that most painters deny. The great masters do grasp it, unconsciously; but I believe that a painter's conscious spiritual knowledge will have a much greater influence upon his art, and that it would be due only to a weakness in him, or lack of genius, should this spiritual knowledge be harmful to his art.”

Source: The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian

“Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it's richest, form is at its fullest.”

Art Form Design Color Draws Paint

Author:Paul Cezanne

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