I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNEOne does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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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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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.
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Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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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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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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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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