I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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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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The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.
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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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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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