The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
PAUL CEZANNEThe painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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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.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
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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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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.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.
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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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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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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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