A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result, which is the only way to ascend towards God—to create like our Divine Master.


letter to Emile Schuffenecker, 14 August 1888; Paul Gauguin: Letters to his wife and friends (1946, ed. Maurice Malingue, trans. Henry J. Stenning)

Paul Gauguin Quotes

A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result,...

A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result,...

A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result,...

A hint—don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation which will result,...