In art, there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists.

Paul Gauguin

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Topic

Artists Art

Author

Paul Gauguin

Source

Letters of Paul Gauguin

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1895 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Gauguin, Paul. "Un lettre de paul gauguin: a propos de sevres et du demier." Le Soir, 25 Apr. 1895.

Current Citation

Gauguin, Paul. The Writings of a Savage, translated by Eleanor Levieux, edited by Daniel Guérin. Da Capo Press, 1996.

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Another quote from the 1890s

My task... To make you hear, to make you feel—it is, before all, to make you see. That—and no more, and it is everything.

Joseph Conrad

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Topic
Artist and audience

Author

Joseph Conrad
Source
The Nigger of the Narcissus
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1897 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Conrad, Joseph. The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle. London: Heinemann, 1897, preface.

Current Citation

Conrad, Joseph. "The Nigger of the '"Narcissus.'" The Secret Sharer and Other Stories. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, preface.

Another quote about Art

Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

Pablo Picasso

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Topic
Painting Purpose of art Art
Speaker
Pablo Picasso
Medium
Interview
Language
French
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Picasso, Pablo. "Picasso n'est pas officier dans l'armee Francaise." Interviewed by Simon Tery. Les Lettres Francaise, 24 Mar. 1945.

Another quote originally in French

This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has seemed adequate.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Topic
Patriarchy

Author

Simone de Beauvoir
Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.