Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Gwen John

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Welsh artist Gwen John.

Last updated on November 14, 2024.

Gwendolen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John and her lover Auguste Rodin, her reputation has grown steadily since her death.

Welsh - Artist | June 22, 1876 - September 18, 1939

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When I was a child, I used to cry all the time.

Gwen John

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.

Gwen John

Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.

Gwen John

To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.

Gwen John

I am going to do some drawings or paintings...in the mirror of my wardrobe..with myself as a figure doing something.

Gwen John

I cannot imagine why my vision will have some value in the world..and yet I know it will..I think I will count because I am patient and recueilli (contemplative) in some degree.

Gwen John

Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Gwen John

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