When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNEThe day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I want to die painting.
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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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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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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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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
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Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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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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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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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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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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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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