Paul Gauguin
A leading Post-Impressionist artist, he is recognized for his experimental use of color and synthetist style, particularly in his Tahitian period.
Quotes by Paul Gauguin
The eye sees what the mind believes.
Art should be primitive, like the idols of old.
I left Europe to find myself.
Colors are the smiles of nature.
The bourgeois life suffocates the artist.
In art, one must dare everything.
My dreams are painted in Tahiti's light.
The primitive is the true expression of humanity.
I am not copying nature; I am creating it.
Life's beauty is in its simplicity.
The artist lives in a world of his own making.
Sorrow is the seed of art.
Tahiti taught me freedom.
Form follows the emotion.
Europe's art is dead; long live the savage!
I paint with my heart, not my eyes.
The mystery of life is in the unknown.
Art is the language of the soul.
In the islands, I found peace.
The line is the backbone of painting.