You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNEThe world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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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.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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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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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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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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