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Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will.
Paul Gauguin
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Paul Gauguin
Age: 55 †
Born: 1848
Born: January 1
Died: 1903
Died: January 1
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But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness of having been useful to him, the confirmation of my own original ideas about painting. And also, at difficult moments, the remembrance that one finds others unhappier than oneself.
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Let everything about you breathe the calm and peace of the soul.
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Oh mysterious world... I have become better for having understood and having loved thy human soul - a flower which has ceased to bloom and whose fragrance no one henceforth will breathe.
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I am a great artist and I know it. It's because of what I am that I have endured so much suffering, so as to pursue my vocation, otherwise I would consider myself a rogue - which is what many people think I am, for that matter.
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