I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNEI allow no one to touch me.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Nature is the best instructor.
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The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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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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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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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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The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture…we merge in an iridescent chaos.
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Everything is about to disappear. You’ve got to hurry up if you still want to see things.
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