I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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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There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
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I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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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.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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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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