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.
PAUL CEZANNEThere are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I allow no one to touch me.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
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Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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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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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.
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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.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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