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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.

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I do not paint by copying nature. Everything I do springs from my wild imagination.

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.. so before I died I wanted to paint a large canvas that I had worked out in my head, and all month long I worked [on Tahiti] day and night at fever pitch... It's all done without a model.

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How do you see this tree? Is it really green? Use green, then, the most beautiful green on your palette. And that shadow, rather blue? Don't be afraid to paint it as blue as possible.

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It was so simple to paint things as I saw them; to put without special calculation a red close to a blue.

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It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own...

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Paul Gauguin

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Born: June 7, 1848
Died: May 8, 1903 (aged 54)
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