The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
PAUL CEZANNEThe landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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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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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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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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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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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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