"Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?"
― Paul Gauguin
Topic(s):
Beauty
More From Paul Gauguin
- "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."
- "Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge."
- "It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block."
More In Beauty
- "Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!"― Henry David Thoreau
- "But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy."― James Nasmyth
- "It’s not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband."― Euripides