Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
PAUL CEZANNEIt is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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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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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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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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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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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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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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