I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.
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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
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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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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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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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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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There is no model, there is only color.
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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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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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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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