10 quotes
French painter and printmaker (1848–1903)
“Art is either revolution or plagiarism”
"...solitude is not to be recommended to everyone, for you have to be strong in order to bear it and act alone."
on Life
"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
on Art
"Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge."
"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"
on Death
"It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object beware of this stumbling block."
on Perception
"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."
"Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?"
"I shut my eyes in order to see."
on Philosophy
"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!"
