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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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.
PAUL CEZANNE
I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
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I want to die painting.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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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.
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