Quotes by Paul Gauguin about Art

Paul Gauguin French post-impressionist painter

A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about art