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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.

Paul Cezanne

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Art Artist Himself Personality Seduce
Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Art Harmony Nature Parallel
I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNE
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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Add Link Oneself Past Substitute
Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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Illusion Mad Myself Thinking
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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Art Beginning Craft End Feeling Objective Principle
We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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Allow Myself Touch
Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
PAUL CEZANNE
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
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Change Reflection Time Understand
I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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Invention Method Myself
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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Age Destroy Hard Illusion Myself Realization Sensible Willing
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
Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
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Art Color Design Draw Rich Separate
All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
PAUL CEZANNE

Goodness Photograph Studio Willing
I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.
PAUL CEZANNE

Appearance Myself Nature Progress Reveal Slow

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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