Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
PAUL CEZANNEI’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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If I think, everything is lost.
PAUL CEZANNEIf I think, everything is lost.
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
PAUL CEZANNEIf isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
PAUL CEZANNEI owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
PAUL CEZANNEIt’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
PAUL CEZANNEI could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
PAUL CEZANNEA puny body weakens the soul.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNEWhen the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
PAUL CEZANNEMichelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
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Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
PAUL CEZANNEArt first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools… I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing.
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Chatter about art is almost always useless.
PAUL CEZANNEChatter about art is almost always useless.
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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.
PAUL CEZANNEUnder 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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Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
PAUL CEZANNEGet to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
PAUL CEZANNEAn art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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