Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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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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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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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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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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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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Here, on the river’s verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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