Paul Gauguin's Quotes

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.

Paul Gauguin

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Paul Gauguin

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Paul Gauguin

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Paul Gauguin

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Paul Gauguin

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Paul Gauguin