He expressed his rejection of Western values, and along with many people in the Europe of his time, Gauguin shared the dream of a long - lost paradise where one would be sheltered from the harmful effects of civilization.
Ia menyatakan penolakannya akan nilai - nilai Barat, dan seperti banyak orang di Eropa pada zamannya, Gauguin mendambakan firdaus yang telah lama hilang tempat orang tidak terkena dampak peradaban.