People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
PAUL CEZANNEIf I think, everything is lost.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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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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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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With a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
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I want to die painting.
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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 am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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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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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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