Gustave Moreau Quotes

Gustave Moreau — French Artist born on June 06, 1826, died on April 18, 1898

Gustave Moreau was a French Symbolist painter whose main emphasis was the illustration of biblical and mythological figures. As a painter, Moreau appealed to the imaginations of some Symbolist writers and artists... (wikipedia)

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.

This bored fantastic woman, with her animal nature, giving herself the pleasure of seeing her enemy struck down, not a particularly keen one for her because she is so weary of having all her desires satisfied.

When I want to render these fine nuances, I do not find them in the subject, but in the nature of women in real life who seek unhealthy emotions and are too stupid even to understand the horror in the most appalling situations.

Gustave Moreau Quotes

Gustave Moreau Quotes

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