You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNEPeople think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
PAUL CEZANNEThe painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
PAUL CEZANNEWhen the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
PAUL CEZANNEWhat I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.
PAUL CEZANNEPainting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
PAUL CEZANNEOptics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
PAUL CEZANNESometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.
PAUL CEZANNEI cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
PAUL CEZANNEWhen I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
PAUL CEZANNEI’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
PAUL CEZANNEArt is a harmony parallel with nature.
PAUL CEZANNEAn art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
PAUL CEZANNEThe most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
PAUL CEZANNEI owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
PAUL CEZANNEThere is no model, there is only color.
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