I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNEWhoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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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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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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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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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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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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Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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