Nature is the best instructor.
PAUL CEZANNEWe must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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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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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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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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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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