The Writings of a Savage Quotes

“...solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone.”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“It is so small a thing, the life of a man, and yet there is time to do great things, fragments of a common task.”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“All the masters have those weak points that are called masterpieces; and besides, they do them as crowd pleasers -- to prove that they have the know-how.”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“The self-esteem one acquires and a well-earned feeling of one's strength are the only consolation in this world. Income, after all, most brutes have that.”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“Beautiful colors exist, though we do not realize it, and are glimpsed behind the veil that modesty has drawn over them.”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“Is there a recipe for making beauty? The schools give recipes, but they do not beget works that make people exclaim: " How beautiful that is!”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage

“U umetnosti, stanje duse u kom se nalazimo cini tri cetvrtine posla; treba ga dakle negovati ako se zeli napraviti nesto veliko i trajno...”
― Paul Gauguin, The Writings of a Savage