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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

Paul Cezanne

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
PAUL CEZANNE
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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Add Link Oneself Past Substitute
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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Different Modesty Oneself Strength Time
If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
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Art Brief Define Myself Nature Soul Word
Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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Development Optics Ourselves See Study Teaching
When I start thinking, all is lost.
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Lost One Liner Start Thinking
There is no model, there is only color.
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Color Model
Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Brilliant Color Light Shadow Tone
You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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Art Era God Preparation Study
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Change Reflection Time Understand
Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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Abstraction Color Drawing Nature Pure
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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Art Flower God Judgment Myself Object Painting Tree
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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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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Enough Eyes Need Thinking Yourself
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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Himself Painting Word Work
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNE

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