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With a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

Paul Cezanne

I advance all of my canvas at one time.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Blank Canvas Myself Style Time
The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
PAUL CEZANNE

Conscious Landscape Myself Thinking
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.
PAUL CEZANNE
I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNE

Death One Liner Paint
There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Artist Different Goodness Professional
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 CEZANNE

Art Beginning Craft End Feeling Objective Principle
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.
PAUL CEZANNE

Figure Form Himself Learning Nature Painting Simplicity
You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Era God Preparation Study
Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
PAUL CEZANNE

Direct Imitation Master Preference Willing Yourself
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
PAUL CEZANNE

Abstraction Color Drawing Nature Pure
I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
PAUL CEZANNE

Myself Nature Represent Reproduction
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
PAUL CEZANNE

Age Comfortable Conquer Finding Ourselves Prayer Religion
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
PAUL CEZANNE
I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.
PAUL CEZANNE

Discover Myself Nature Representation Reproduction Satisfaction Sun
It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
PAUL CEZANNE

Blank Empty Fine Stand Terrible
The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
PAUL CEZANNE

Aware Modesty Ourselves Strength

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