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 CEZANNEWhen the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture…we merge in an iridescent chaos.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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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.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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What 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.
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