29 quotes by Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), French (Artist)

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Henri Rousseau

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

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Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

Henri Rousseau

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.

Henri Rousseau

If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.

Henri Rousseau

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Henri Rousseau

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself "Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!"

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Excuse my scribbling, it is late, and I have a poor candle.

Henri Rousseau

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

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Henri Rousseau

Born: May 21, 1844
Died: September 2, 1910
Nationality: French
Profession: Artist

Biography

Henri Julien Félix Rousseau was a French post-impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. He was also known as Le Douanier (the customs officer), a humorous description of his occupation as a toll and tax collector. He started painting seriously in his early forties; by age 49, he retired from his job to work on his art full-time.

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HENRI ROUSSEAU

(Henri Julien Félix Rousseau)