Copy Nature Quotes
- Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction. — Paul Gauguin
- I'm not trying to copy Nature, I'm trying to find the principles she's using. — R. Buckminster Fuller
- Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. — Jacques Lipchitz
- Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation. — Paul Gauguin
- A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate on… — Paul Gauguin
- I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only… — Paul Cezanne