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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Paul Cezanne

A puny body weakens the soul.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Impression Nature Paint Realization Sensation Subject
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Art Harmony Nature Parallel
Pleasure must be found in study.
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Finding Happiness Oneself Study
Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.
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Color Draw Expression Literature Painting Perception Sensation Style
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Day Observation Revolution
Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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Art Eyes Material Optics Ourselves Thinking
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Evidence Nature Oneself Truth
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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Myself Nervous Oil Sustain System Work
Here, on the river’s verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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Invention Method Myself
Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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Ability Emotion Experience Genius
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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Difference Finding Painting Sculpture Time
I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.
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I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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Experience Inspirational Paint Wisdom

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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