I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNEWhat I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
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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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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them.
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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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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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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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Everything is about to disappear. You’ve got to hurry up if you still want to see things.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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