One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color.
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Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest.
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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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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them.
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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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