Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
PAUL CEZANNEMonet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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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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I allow no one to touch me.
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I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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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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There is no model, there is only color.
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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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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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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools… I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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