Paul Gauguin

Quotes by Paul Gauguin

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Artist · French · 1848–1903

French artist (1848–1903)

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“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?”
— Paul Gauguin

“Copying nature — what is that supposed to mean? Follow the masters! But why should one follow them? The only reason they are masters is that they didn't follow anybody!”
— Paul Gauguin

“In order to produce something new, you have to return to the original source, to the childhood of mankind.”
— Paul Gauguin

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

“The critic asks me: 'So you are a Symbolist? I mean well and I would like to learn; why don't you explain Symbolism to me'.. I answer.. .'Well, my paintings probably speak Hebrew, which you do not ...”
— Paul Gauguin