The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
PAUL CEZANNEIt is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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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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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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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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If I think, everything is lost.
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Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.
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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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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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