Henri Rousseau Quotes


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!"


Citations

Rousseau, Henri. Quoted in Henri Rousseau, by Dora Vallier, Crown Publishers, 1979, p. 19.

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

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.