Paul Gauguin Quotes

Paul Gauguin — French Artist born on June 07, 1848, died on May 09, 1903

Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after his death. Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style that were distinctly different from Impressionism. His work was influential to the French avant-garde and many modern artists, such as Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Gauguin's art became popular after his death, partially from the efforts of art dealer Ambroise Vollard, who organized exhibitions of his work late in his career, as well as assisting in organizing two important posthumous exhibitions in Paris. Many of his paintings were in the possession of Russian collector Sergei Shchukin as well as other important collections... (wikipedia)

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on ourselves.