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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Paul Cezanne

Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.
PAUL CEZANNE
What 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.
PAUL CEZANNE

Mystery Sensation Source Translation Try
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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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Achievement Color Form Full Rich
Nature is the best instructor.
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Best Instruction Nature One Liner
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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Breathe Color Innocent Moments Myself Photograph Rain World
Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
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Art Eyes God Myself
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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Himself Painting Word Work
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 Flower God Judgment Myself Object Painting Tree
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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Experience Inspirational Paint Wisdom
I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Advance Canvas Myself Time
It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Be Yourself Copy Feeling
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Day Observation Revolution
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Art Beginning Emotion Work
Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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Difficult Paint Thinking Yourself

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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