--- title: "4 George Rodrigue Quotes" description: "George Rodrigue was an American artist who in the late 1960s began painting Louisiana landscapes, followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings and s..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b050/author-george-rodrigue-72649.jpg" --- ![Portrait of George Rodrigue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b050/author-george-rodrigue-72649.jpg) # George Rodrigue **4** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet George Rodrigue was an American artist who in the late 1960s began painting Louisiana landscapes, followed soon after by outdoor family gatherings and southwest Louisiana 19th-century and early 20th-century genre scenes. His paintings often include moss-clad oak trees, which are common to an area of ## Quotes by George Rodrigue > [Painting depends on freedom. When you're feeling completely free, you can create, and this power to create is, in turn, the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodrigue/painting-depends-on-freedom-when-you-re-feeling-completely-free-you/) George Rodrigue [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/george-rodrigue-72649_artist_painting-depends-on-freedom-when-you-re_938864.png) > [I'm expressing the feelings of mankind today through the Blue Dog. The dog is always having problems of the heart, of growing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodrigue/i-m-expressing-the-feelings-of-mankind-today-through-the-blue-dog-the/) George Rodrigue [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0d/george-rodrigue-72649_asks_i-m-expressing-the-feelings-of-mankind-t_1401255.png) > [Always there's that space between what you feel and what you do, and in that gap, all human sadness lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodrigue/always-there-s-that-space-between-what-you-feel-and-what-you-do-and/) George Rodrigue [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/george-rodrigue-72649_feels_always-there-s-that-space-between-what-y_1491287.jpg) > [The reality is technology is here, technology will only improve and certain technology companies will dominate in the next five to ten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-rodrigue/the-reality-is-technology-is-here-technology-will-only-improve-and/) George Rodrigue [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/george-rodrigue-72649_certain_the-reality-is-technology-is-here-techno_2086565.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-rodrigue/#itemlist", "name": "George Rodrigue Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Painting depends on freedom. 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