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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 Cezanne

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Brilliant Color Light Shadow Tone
Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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Absract Art Drawing
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
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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Beginning Company Goodness Maturity Myself Opinion Reach Strong
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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Difference Finding Painting Sculpture Time
The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Evidence Nature Oneself Truth
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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Direct Imitation Master Preference Willing Yourself
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
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Beautiful Formula Memories Nature Ourselves Study
A puny body weakens the soul.
PAUL CEZANNE
I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
PAUL CEZANNE

Experience Inspirational Paint Wisdom
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
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
PAUL CEZANNE
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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Astonishment Myself One Liner
Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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Nature Object Oneself Paint Realization Sensation
All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
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Goodness Photograph Studio Willing

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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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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