The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
PAUL CEZANNETell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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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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Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.
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With a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
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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 artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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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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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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It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.
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Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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