Ifs Quotes by Henri Rousseau

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

— Henri Rousseau

If it is reason that forms man then it is the emotions that guide her.

— Henri Rousseau

If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.

— Henri Rousseau

Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.

— Henri Rousseau

From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.

— Henri Rousseau

“Why did you paint a couch in the middle of the jungle?" Rousseau: "Because one has a right to paint one's dreams.”

— Henri Rousseau

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

— Henri Rousseau

I have always believed that good is only beauty put into practice.

— Henri Rousseau

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all…

— Henri Rousseau

I felt before I thought

— Henri Rousseau

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

— Henri Rousseau

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

— Henri Rousseau