Quotes About Understanding

In art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.

There comes a time in life when you know what you like and have to make up your mind to like what you know, or at least have begun to know. In other words, you must determine in what direction your knowledge is leading, thus far.

I know what I like—I like art—and I like what I know.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

I wish they would take me as I am.

To understand blue you must first understand yellow and orange

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a church warden, but he must have a warm heart for his fellow men

it has always been so much my desire to paint for those who don't know the artistic side of a painting.

I want to paint humanity, humanity and again humanity.

The simple minded know many things that the wise ignore

But you must love with a high, serious intimate sympathy, with a will, with intelligence, and you must always seek to know more thoroughly, better, and more.

O possível passional significa pouco para mim, enquanto que me resta contudo, atrevo-me a crer, o poder de sentir-me ligado aos seres humanos com os quais viverei.

acredito que frequentemente o que sentimos ou o que pressentimos instintivamente torna-se claro e certo quando somos guiados por alguns textos que tenham um real sentido prático.

Não é tanto a língua dos pintores, mas a língua da natureza à qual é preciso dar ouvidos.

O mesmo acontece com os homens, camponeses e mulheres; não é sempre que eles são interessantes, mas, quando se é paciente com eles, vemos tudo o que essas pessoas têm de Millet.

Mas o que me toca, assim como certos romancistas de nossa época, é que as vozes dessas pessoas, que no caso de Shakespeare nos chegam de uma distância de vários séculos, não nos pareçam desconhecidas. É tão vivo que acreditamos conhecê-las e vê-las.

E, com um pouco mais de sinceridade, tornaríamos a vida mais fácil para todos.

Millet nos legou a síntese do camponês e hoje, sim, temos Lhermitte, claro, há ainda alguns outros, Meunier... mas aprendemos hoje mais geralmente a ver os camponeses? Não, quase ninguém sabe produzir um.

So now, when anyone says that such and such is done too quickly, you can reply that they have looked at it too quickly.

But I cannot help thinking that the best way of knowing God is to love many things. Love this friend, this person, this thing, whatever you like, and you will be on the right road to understanding Him better, that is what I keep telling myself. But you must love with a sublime, genuine, profound sympathy, with devotion, with intelligence, and you must try all the time to understand Him more, better and yet more. That will lead to God, that will lead to an unshakeable faith.

For the moment the solitude doesn't bother me, and later we will find someone for company, and perhaps in the end more than we want. I believe it is not necessary to say anything unpleasant to Gauguin if he does change his mind, and take it absolutely in good part.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwanderer, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.