An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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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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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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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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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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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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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
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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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