You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNEThe painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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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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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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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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