Clergyman's

..that one is from my early times; I don't make them that way anymore; look how the thing is painted..; and those days my teachers told me that nothing would come of me in this way. What kind of folks were they? And which guys belonged to them? Well, let's keep mum about that; all those guys are dead already. But those days it was the ruling idea to use nature only as a tool; she had to be embellished later with imagination and so on .... imagination .... the stupidest thing in the world. Improper, I think it is simply an unhealthy trait. You see; imagination is the proper way to insanity. Imagine that you start painting from your imagination without knowing nature; after all, there will be no result whatsoever. All those people of imagination imagine so much, and it is the greatest misfortune you can have in life, you know what it is good for: to idealize your faults.
- Paul Gabriël

..that one is from my early times; I don't make them that way anymore; look how the thing is painted..; and those days my teachers told me that nothing would come of me in this way. What kind of folks were they? And which guys belonged to them? Well, let's keep mum about that; all those guys are dead already. But those days it was the ruling idea to use nature only as a tool; she had to be embellished later with imagination and so on .... imagination .... the stupidest thing in the world. Improper, I think it is simply an unhealthy trait. You see; imagination is the proper way to insanity. Imagine that you start painting from your imagination without knowing nature; after all, there will be no result whatsoever. All those people of imagination imagine so much, and it is the greatest misfortune you can have in life, you know what it is good for: to idealize your faults.
- Paul Gabriël

..that one is from my early times; I don't make them that way anymore; look how the thing is painted..; and those days my teachers told me that nothing would come of me in this way. What kind of folks were they? And which guys belonged to them? Well, let's keep mum about that; all those guys are dead already. But those days it was the ruling idea to use nature only as a tool; she had to be embellished later with imagination and so on .... imagination .... the stupidest thing in the world. Improper, I think it is simply an unhealthy trait. You see; imagination is the proper way to insanity. Imagine that you start painting from your imagination without knowing nature; after all, there will be no result whatsoever. All those people of imagination imagine so much, and it is the greatest misfortune you can have in life, you know what it is good for: to idealize your faults.
- Paul Gabriël

An early morning may look superficially gray, but it is not.. ..the dew is much more colorful than one would believe, often so strongly that the palette fails.
- Paul Gabriël

An early morning may look superficially gray, but it is not.. ..the dew is much more colorful than one would believe, often so strongly that the palette fails.
- Paul Gabriël

..for throwing in three curses and a sigh - forgive me that corny expression - impressions and transient effects on the canvas. Observe especially the hue of every occurring moment.
- Paul Gabriël

Well, go upstairs, you know the way; are you going to take a look? At the moment you will not find many special things, but you find always something; and then we have another chat, anyway. Go ahead, I'll follow you; beware of entering because there is a large painting just in front of the door.
- Paul Gabriël

Well, go upstairs, you know the way; are you going to take a look? At the moment you will not find many special things, but you find always something; and then we have another chat, anyway. Go ahead, I'll follow you; beware of entering because there is a large painting just in front of the door.
- Paul Gabriël

Well, go upstairs, you know the way; are you going to take a look? At the moment you will not find many special things, but you find always something; and then we have another chat, anyway. Go ahead, I'll follow you; beware of entering because there is a large painting just in front of the door.
- Paul Gabriël