Creative Quotations from . . .
Henri Rousseau
(1844-1910) born on May 21
French artist. "He was the archetype of the modern naive artist; his primitive works possess a dreamlike quality: "The Sleeping Gypsy," 1897."
 
   
F
We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in the modern style."

R
The landscapist lives in silence.
A
The interest and the feelings are not due to colors; the lines of a painting that move us move us even more in a print.
N
"If you remove these lines in the painting, the colors are no longer effective."
K
"Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "To Pablo Picasso; in "Rousseau: An Autobiography," 1935."
R: ""Rousseau: An Autobiography," 1935."
A: ""Letters by Henri Rousseau," 1913."
N: ""Letters by Henri Rousseau," 1913."
K: "Letter to Alfred Jarry, 26 Jun 1894."



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