Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.
PAUL CEZANNEDesign and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
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See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them.
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Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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I want to die painting.
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What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
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Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
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