Gustave Moreau Quotes

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

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.

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

Color must be thought, imagined, dreamed.

I believe only in what I do not see.

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.

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.

Think colour! Know how to imagine it!