My eyes close and uncomprehendingly see the dream in the infinite space that stretches away, elusive, before me. Paul Gauguin More Quotes by Paul Gauguin More Quotes From Paul Gauguin Color! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams. Paul Gauguin mysterious color dream I shut my eyes in order to see. Paul Gauguin beautiful inspirational life Color which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power. Paul Gauguin color vibrations matter Civilization is what makes you sick. Paul Gauguin sick civilization I have come to an unalterable decision - to go and live forever in Polynesia. Then I can end my days in peace and freedom, without thoughts of tomorrow and this eternal struggle against idiots. Paul Gauguin decision struggle forever Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation. Paul Gauguin dream art thinking Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? Paul Gauguin creative philosophy art Stay firmly in your path and dare; be wild two hours a day! Paul Gauguin learning teaching two Art is either revolution or plagiarism Paul Gauguin plagiarism revolution art Do not finish your work too much. An impression is not sufficiently durable for its first freshness to survive a belated search for infinite detail; in this way you let the lava grow cool. Paul Gauguin finishing details firsts Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity! Paul Gauguin eternity littles life We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves. Paul Gauguin stupidity stupid silly Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul. Paul Gauguin calm breathe soul Take care not to step on the foot of a learned idiot. His bite is incurable. Paul Gauguin care feet steps Oh yes! he loved yellow, this good Vincent, this painter from Holland - those glimmers of sunlight rekindled his soul, that abhorred the fog, that needed the warmth. Paul Gauguin fog soul yellow There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour. Paul Gauguin tone noble ordinary Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature's means. Paul Gauguin infinity artist mean I have tried to establish the right to dare everything. Paul Gauguin dare Art = a mad search for individualism. Paul Gauguin individualism mad art I am leaving in order to have peace and quiet. To be rid of the influence of civilization. I only want to do simple, very simple art and to be able to do that, I have to immerse myself in virgin nature, see no one but savages, live their life, with no other thought in my mind but to render, the way a child would, the concepts formed in my brain and to do this with the aid of nothing but the primitive means of art, the only means that are good and true. Paul Gauguin mean children art
