Jamais je n'ai voulu et je n'accepterai le manque de modele ou de graduation. C'est un non-sens. Gauguin n'etait pas un peintre, il n'a fait que des images chinoises.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Gauguin rejects the criticism that his lack of traditional modeling or graduation was nonsensical, asserting his work was not just Chinese images.
- In plain terms
- He denies claims that his art lacked structure or was merely imitative.
- What can you take from it?
- Artists must defend their unique methods against conventional criticism.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you respond when critics misunderstand your method?
- What conventions do you refuse to follow?
Another view
Defense can sometimes sound defensive rather than explanatory.
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