Clergyman's

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.
- Georges Rouault

The painter who loves his art is ruler in his own kingdom, even if he be in Lilliput and a Lilliputian himself. He transforms a kitchen maid in to a fairy, and a great lady into a brothel matron, if he wants to and sees them so, for he is a seer. His vision includes everything that is alive in the past.
- Georges Rouault

Painting for me is merely a means of forgetting life. It is a cry in the night. A sob broken off. A strangled laugh.
- Georges Rouault

Nothing is old, nothing is new, save the light of grace underneath which beats a human heart. The way of feeling, of understanding, of loving; the way of seeing the country, the faces that your father saw, that your mother knew. The rest is chimerical...
- Georges Rouault

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy...
- Georges Rouault

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.
- Georges Rouault

Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.
- Georges Rouault