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.
PAUL CEZANNEThe landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
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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 is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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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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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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Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color.
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What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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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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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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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.
PAUL CEZANNE