Georges Rouault
Georges Rouault
Georges Henri Rouaultwas a French painter, draughtsman, and printer, whose work is often associated with Fauvism and Expressionism...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth27 May 1871
CountryFrance
cry forget strangled
For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.
moving christ paint
My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted.
belief difficult believer
I am a believer and a conformist. Anyone can revolt; it is much more difficult to obey our inner promptings.
spiritual smell giving
The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.
eye eyes-wide-open pagan
Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.
ostriches people storm
Like the ostrich, head under wingWhen the roaring storm breaks,So many people take refugeUnder the soft pillowOf specious arguments.
believer conformist
I am a believer and a conformist.