Top 25 Quotes by Paul Gauguin of 135 - Page 6

Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas?

Why did I hesitate to put all this glory of the sun on my canvas?

Courage, Sun, Canvas

Paul Gauguin (2012). “Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal”, p.12, Courier Corporation

Perhaps I have no talent, but all vanity aside - I do not believe that anyone makes an artistic attempt, no matter how small, without having a little - or there are many fools.

Paul Gauguin

Believe, Vanity, Littles

Do you know what will soon be the ultimate in truth?

Paul Gauguin

Photography, Knows, Do You Know

Paul Gauguin (1978). “The writings of a savage”, Viking Adult

But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness of having been useful to him, the confirmation of my own original ideas about painting. And also, at difficult moments, the remembrance that one finds others unhappier than oneself.

Paul Gauguin

Ideas, Remembrance, Painting

Paul Gauguin (1921). “Gauguin's Intimate Journals”, p.10, Courier Corporation

I was aware that on my skill as a painter would depend the physical and moral possession of the model.

Paul Gauguin

Skills, Moral, Possession

Paul Gauguin (2012). “Noa Noa: The Tahitian Journal”, p.13, Courier Corporation

The critics can say stupid things and we can enjoy them, if we have the legitimate feeling of superiority - the satisfaction of a duty accomplished.

Paul Gauguin

Stupid, Feelings, Satisfaction

If instead of a figure you put the shadow only of a person, you have found an original starting point, that strangeness of which you have calculated.

Paul Gauguin

Shadow, Starting, Figures

Slyly, banteringly, but also overbearingly, the critic - the one who does not swallow anything whole, who waits until posterity has consecrated it before... howling - is among those who howl their admiration the way they howl their insults: don't be afraid, don't tremble - the beast doesn't have any nails or teeth, or even brain: it is stuffed.

Paul Gauguin

Waiting, Brain, Way

Paul Gauguin (1978). “The writings of a savage”, Viking Adult

Lacking many of the essential implements, it irritated me to be reduced to impotence in the face of artistic projects to which I had passionately given myself.

Paul Gauguin

Essentials, Faces, Irritated

Paul Gauguin (1985). “Noa Noa: the Tahitian journal”, Dover Pubns