Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty? – Paul Gauguin
It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. – Paul Gauguin
The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting. – Paul Gauguin
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading in joy or sorrow, health or illness. – Holbrook Jackson