If I think, everything is lost.
PAUL CEZANNEAll the theories mess you up inside.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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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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Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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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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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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I want to die painting.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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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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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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