There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
PAUL CEZANNEThe truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
PAUL CEZANNEI owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
PAUL CEZANNEI am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.
PAUL CEZANNEPeople think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
PAUL CEZANNEIt’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
PAUL CEZANNEPainting, 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.
PAUL CEZANNEThe painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
PAUL CEZANNEWe live in a rainbow of chaos.
PAUL CEZANNEI want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNEWhat is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
PAUL CEZANNEI am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
PAUL CEZANNEKeep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
PAUL CEZANNELight is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else – by color.
PAUL CEZANNEWhoever 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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