Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
PAUL CEZANNEArt first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.
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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.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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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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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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