Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
PAUL CEZANNE
PAUL CEZANNE
Paul Cezanne on color
Paul Cezanne111 quotes“Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.”
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne 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.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne There is no model, there is only color.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Pure drawing is an abstraction.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne A puny body weakens the soul.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne 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.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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