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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

Paul Cezanne

I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
PAUL CEZANNE
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.
PAUL CEZANNE

Alone Color Confirm Logic Myself Painting
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNE
Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Control Finding Heart Painting
Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
PAUL CEZANNE
The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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Conscious Landscape Myself Thinking
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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Enough Eyes Need Thinking Yourself
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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Invention Method Myself
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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Art Brief Define Myself Nature Soul Word
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Nature Object Oneself Paint Realization Sensation
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Art Beginning Emotion Work
I allow no one to touch me.
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Allow Myself Touch
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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Difference Finding Painting Sculpture Time
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Impression Nature Paint Realization Sensation Subject

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