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.
PAUL CEZANNEKeep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.
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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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A puny body weakens the soul.
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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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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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Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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