The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
PAUL CEZANNEDoubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
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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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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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