A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNEWith a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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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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I allow no one to touch me.
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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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There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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