There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
PAUL CEZANNEI advance all of my canvas at one time.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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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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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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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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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools… I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
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There is no model, there is only color.
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The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.
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Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
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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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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.
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