Art Quote by 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…

— Paul Gauguin

I believe that one should not think too much about nature when painting, at least not during the painting's conception. The colour sketch should…

— Paula Modersohn-Becker

A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation…

— Paul Gauguin

To paint from nature is to realize one's sensations, not to copy what is before one.

— J. E. H. MacDonald

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

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.

— Paul Gauguin

Nature engenders the science of painting

— Robert Delaunay

“Art really does instruct us in how to think, feel, and behave. To be an artist is to have great power. To be the…

— Rod Dreher

“Nature alone can lead to the understanding of art, just as art brings us back to nature with greater awarness. It is the source…

— Eugene Carriere

Art does not imitate nature, but founds itself on the study of nature, takes from nature the selections which best accord with its own…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Art takes nature as its model.

— Aristotle

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore