We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
PAUL CEZANNEI want to die painting.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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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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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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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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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.
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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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Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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I want to die painting.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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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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Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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