Paul Gauguin Quotes

French - Artist | June 7, 1848 - May 9, 1903

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Paul Gauguin

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

Paul Gauguin

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

Paul Gauguin

BeautyArtPhilosophyBecomeJust

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Paul Gauguin

ArtRevolutionPlagiarismEither

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

HistoryArtLossArtistBecome

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Paul Gauguin

StrengthsAgainstCompetitorYour

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

Paul Gauguin

LookingKeyResultImprovingJust

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

Paul Gauguin

StupidityKnowNeverOurselvesUntil

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Paul Gauguin

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Civilization is what makes you sick.

Paul Gauguin

SickYouCivilizationMakes

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Paul Gauguin

LifeTimeMorePrepareEternity

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.

Paul Gauguin

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