One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
PAUL CEZANNE
I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
PAUL CEZANNE
I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.
PAUL CEZANNE
It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
PAUL CEZANNE
I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
PAUL CEZANNE
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
PAUL CEZANNE
A puny body weakens the soul.
PAUL CEZANNE
Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
PAUL CEZANNE
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNE
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
PAUL CEZANNE
With a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
PAUL CEZANNE
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
When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNE
All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
PAUL CEZANNE
I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
PAUL CEZANNE
The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
PAUL CEZANNE