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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

Paul Cezanne

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
PAUL CEZANNE

Himself Painting Word Work
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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Chaos Human Live Myself Photograph Thinking
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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Appearance Hurry See Yourself
Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
PAUL CEZANNE

Change Reflection Time Understand
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNE

Enough Eyes Need Thinking Yourself
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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Myself Nervous Oil Sustain System Work
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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Art Beginning Emotion Work
An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique – all these are in the middle.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Beginning Craft End Feeling Objective Principle
Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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Art Talk Wasted Time
When I start thinking, all is lost.
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Lost One Liner Start Thinking
You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
PAUL CEZANNE

Bury Generosity Ideas Life Oneself Youth
Painting, 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.
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Art Artist Choice Combination Depend Fiction Painting Technique
Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.
PAUL CEZANNE

Breathe Color Innocent Moments Myself Photograph Rain World
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
All the theories mess you up inside.
PAUL CEZANNE

Mess Theory Yourself
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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Day Observation Revolution

You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.

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