I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
PAUL CEZANNEIt is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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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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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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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.
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I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
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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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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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