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Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!

Paul Cezanne

The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture…we merge in an iridescent chaos.
PAUL CEZANNE

Chaos Human Live Myself Photograph Thinking
Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
PAUL CEZANNE

Artist Color Different Draw Form Rich Yourself
I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
PAUL CEZANNE
I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
PAUL CEZANNE

Age Comfortable Conquer Finding Ourselves Prayer Religion
All the theories mess you up inside.
PAUL CEZANNE

Mess Theory Yourself
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
PAUL CEZANNE

Difference Finding Painting Sculpture Time
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
PAUL CEZANNE

Age Destroy Hard Illusion Myself Realization Sensible Willing
What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
PAUL CEZANNE
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.
PAUL CEZANNE

Discover Myself Nature Representation Reproduction Satisfaction Sun
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
PAUL CEZANNE

Change Reflection Time Understand
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.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Beginning Craft End Feeling Objective Principle
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
PAUL CEZANNE

Appearance Hurry See Yourself
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Beginning Emotion Work
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Talk Wasted Time
Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
PAUL CEZANNE

Difficult Paint Thinking Yourself
You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
PAUL CEZANNE

Bury Generosity Ideas Life Oneself Youth

Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!

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