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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

Paul Cezanne

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Day Observation Revolution
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Beginning Craft End Feeling Objective Principle
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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Beautiful Formula Memories Nature Ourselves Study
Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
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Artist Color Different Draw Form Rich Yourself
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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Figure Form Himself Learning Nature Painting Simplicity
The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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Conscious Landscape Myself Thinking
To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
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Harmony Object Paint Relationship
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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Deep Moments Present Spiritual Time
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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Art Talk Wasted Time
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Art Artist Himself Personality Seduce
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Change Reflection Time Understand
Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
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Discover Doubt Himself Nature Open See Success Way
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Art Harmony Nature Parallel
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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Art Artist Different Goodness Professional
It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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Blank Empty Fine Stand Terrible

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