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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.

Paul 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.
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Artist Construction Fall Greatness Himself Limitation Rival
Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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Difficult Paint Thinking Yourself
I want to die painting.
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Death One Liner Paint
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Change Reflection Time Understand
Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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Art Eyes Material Optics Ourselves Thinking
There is no model, there is only color.
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Color Model
Pleasure must be found in study.
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Finding Happiness Oneself Study
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Evidence Nature Oneself Truth
Nature is the best instructor.
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Best Instruction Nature One Liner
Here, on the river’s verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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Block Isolation Strong Uncertain
What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Impression Nature Paint Realization Sensation Subject
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Achievement Color Form Full Rich
The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
PAUL CEZANNE

Myself Understand World

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