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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
— Paul Gauguin
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Paul Gauguin
painter, sculptor, graphic artist, draftsperson, printmaker, ceramicist, illustrator, visual artist
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Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influential practitioner of wood engraving and woodcuts as art forms. While only moderately successful during his lifetime, Gauguin has since been recognized for his experimental use of color and Synthetist style that were distinct from Impressionism.
All Quotes by Paul Gauguin
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Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
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I shut my eyes in order to see.
— Paul Gauguin
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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
— Paul Gauguin
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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
— Paul Gauguin
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Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
— Paul Gauguin
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I shut my eyes in order to see.
— Paul Gauguin
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It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.
— Paul Gauguin
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Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.
— Paul Gauguin
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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