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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Paul Cezanne

Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Eyes Material Optics Ourselves Thinking
If I think, everything is lost.
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Lost Myself One Liner Think
You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
PAUL CEZANNE

Bury Generosity Ideas Life Oneself Youth
You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Era God Preparation Study
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Day Observation Revolution
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Art Beginning Emotion Work
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNE
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
The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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Deep Moments Present Spiritual Time
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Art Artist Himself Personality Seduce
Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
PAUL CEZANNE
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
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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Figure Form Himself Learning Nature Painting Simplicity
I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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Myself Paint Truth Yourself

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