Top 9 Quotes by Gustave Moreau

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract.

Gustave Moreau

Passion, Burning, Abstract

"Gustave Moreau". Book by Jean Paladilhe, p. 32, June 5, 1972.

I believe neither in what I touch nor what I see. I only believe in what I do not see, and solely in what I feel.

Gustave Moreau

Believe, I Believe, Feels

Color must be thought, imagined, dreamed.

Gustave Moreau

Color

I am dominated by one thing, an irresistible, burning attraction towards the abstract. The expression of human feelings and the passions of man certainly interest me deeply, but I am less concerned with expressing the motions of the soul and mind than to render visible, so to speak, the inner flashes of intuition which have something divine in their apparent insignificance and reveal magic, even divine horizons, when they are transposed into the marvellous effects of pure plastic art.

Gustave Moreau

Art, Passion, Men

"Gustave Moreau". Book by Jean Paladilhe and Josbe Pierrep, translated by Bettina Wadia, p. 32, 1972.

I believe only in what I do not see.

Gustave Moreau

Believe, I Believe

Gustave Moreau (1977). “Gustave Moreau: Complete Edition of the Finished Paintings, Water-colours and Drawings”

I have never looked for dream in reality or reality in dream. I have allowed my imagination free play, and I have not been led astray by it.

Gustave Moreau

Dream, Reality, Play

"The Many Faces of Gustave Moreau" by Bennett Schiff, August 1999.

Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself.

Gustave Moreau

Artist, Opportunity

No one could have less faith in the absolute and definitive importance of the work created by man, because I believe that this world is nothing but a dream.

Gustave Moreau

Dream, Believe, Men

"Gustave Moreau". Book by Jean Paladilhe and Josbe Pierrep, translated by Bettina Wadia, p.62, en.wikiquote.org. 1972.