Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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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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I allow no one to touch me.
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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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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
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I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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