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

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In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet...

In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet...

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

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

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

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the...

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the...

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses.

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up...

The single most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up...

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating...

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

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

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I close my eyes in order to see.

I close my eyes in order to see.

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every...

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every...

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to...

$Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to...$

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Civilization is what makes you sick.

Civilization is what makes you sick.

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or...

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.