If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
PAUL CEZANNEI am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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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.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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