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Georges Rouault Quotes

Type: Artist Quotes Category: French Artist Quotes Date of Birth: May 27, 1871 Date of Death: February 13, 1958 Nationality: French Find on Amazon: Georges Rouault Related Authors: Paul Cezanne Henri Matisse Robert Delaunay Francis Picabia Paul Gauguin Camille Pissarro Edouard Manet Marc Chagall

A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human. Georges Rouault For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. Georges Rouault I am a believer and a conformist. Georges Rouault My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted. Georges Rouault Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical. Georges Rouault Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly. Georges Rouault Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind. Georges Rouault The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas. Georges Rouault The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy. Georges Rouault The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. Georges Rouault

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