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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.

Paul Cezanne

There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
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Alone Color Confirm Logic Myself Painting
Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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Expression Heart Logic Possible
Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.
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Breathe Color Innocent Moments Myself Photograph Rain World
There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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Art Darkness Light Painting Relation Tone
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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Cylinder Direction Nature Point Prospective Treat
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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Art Color Design Draw Rich Separate
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Art Artist Himself Personality Seduce
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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Art Artist Choice Combination Depend Fiction Painting Technique
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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Myself Nervous Oil Sustain System Work
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Change Reflection Time Understand
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Achievement Color Form Full Rich
Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
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Artist Color Different Draw Form Rich Yourself
The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNE
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Talk Wasted Time
Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Company Goodness

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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