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For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Cry Forget Laugh Life Me Night Painting Strangled Way

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My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Christ Converted Him Moving Objective Only Paint See Those Who Will

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Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Artists Blind Objective Subjective

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A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Against Character Expression Figure Human Interest Possesses Same Sky Tree

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I am a believer and a conformist.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Am Believer Conformist I Am

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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

Topics: Beats Country Faces Father Feeling Grace Heart Human Human Heart Knew Light Loving Mother New Nothing Old Rest Save Saw Seeing Underneath Understanding Way Which Your

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Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.

~Georges Rouault

Topics: Clearly Eyes Often Open See Very Wide

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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

Topics: Artificial Certain Death Face Give Off Pleasures Possessions Richness Sickness Smell Spiritual Taste World

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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

Topics: Artist Both Canvas Everything Forgets Front He His Others Own Theories Those

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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

Topics: Artist Causes Conscience Disease Endless Fills Him Incurable Joy Like Name Occasionally Silent Torment Which Worthy

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: May 27th, 1871

Died: February 13th, 1958

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