I want only silence, silence and again silence. Let me die … - Paul Gauguin

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I want only silence, silence and again silence. Let me die quite and forgotten, or if I must live, let me live more quite, and forgotten still...

Paul Gauguin

The Letters of Paul Gauguin to Georges Daniel De Monfreid - Scholar's Choice Edition · February 8, 2015 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

artist forgotten live silence die

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Paul Gauguin (7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French Post-Impressionist painter; From 1895 he lived and painted in Papeete on Tahiti.

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Pen Names: Gauguin, Eugène Henri Paul

Alternative Names: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin • Eugene Henri Paul Gauguin • Paul Gaugin • Eugene-Henri Gauguin • Kao-keng • Pablo Gauguin • Eugène-Henri-Paul Gauguin • Gauguin • Polʹ Gogen • Paul Eugène Henri Gauguin • Eugène Henry Paul Gauguin • Eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin • Paul Eugene Henri Gauguin • Eugene Henry Paul Gauguin • p. gauguin • gauguin paul • P. gaugin

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I want only silence, silence and again silence. Let me die quite and forgotten, or if I must live, let me live more quite, and forgotten still... - Paul Gauguin

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