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Quote by Paul Gauguin
But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness

But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness of having been useful to him, the confirmation of my own original ideas about painting. And also, at difficult moments, the remembrance that one finds others unhappier than oneself. – Paul Gauguin

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The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of arts audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. – Paul Gauguin

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It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block. – Paul Gauguin

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The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting. – Paul Gauguin

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Taste! It doesnt exist. An artist makes beautiful things without being aware of it. – Edgar Degas

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In a portrait, I – Henri Cartier-Bresson

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In the artists recreation of the world we are enabled to see the world. – John W. Gardner

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