When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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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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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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Here, on the river’s verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
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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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I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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