Paul Cezanne on landscape
Paul Cezanne111 quotes“The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.”
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne 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.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne There is no model, there is only color.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Pure drawing is an abstraction.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne
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