I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
PAUL CEZANNEPainting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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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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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest.
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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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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.
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
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