If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
PAUL CEZANNEI ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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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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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools… I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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There is no model, there is only color.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.
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Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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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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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture…we merge in an iridescent chaos.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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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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To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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