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.
PAUL CEZANNEUnder 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.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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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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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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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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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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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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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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