In art one is concerned with the condition of the spirit for three quarters of the time; one must therefore care for oneself if he wishes to make something great and lasting.
Paul GauguinA great sentiment can be rendered immediately. Dream on it and look for the simplest form in which you can express it.
Paul GauguinColor which, like music, is a matter of vibrations, reaches what is most general and therefore most indefinable in nature: its inner power.
Paul GauguinIn 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