Paul Gauguin

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• A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.

  The Writings of a Savage (1996), p. 68: from his manuscript, known as ‘Cahier pour Aline’ (ca. 1892-1893)

  • Age
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• Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature’s means.

  The Writings of a Savage (1996), p. 39: ‘Huysmans and Redon’, (written in 1889, published 1953)

  • Art
  • Nature

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