The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.
PAUL CEZANNEThe landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture…we merge in an iridescent chaos.
PAUL CEZANNEYou have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
PAUL CEZANNEYou must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNEMy nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
PAUL CEZANNEA work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNEAn 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 CEZANNEChatter about art is almost always useless.
PAUL CEZANNEWhen I start thinking, all is lost.
PAUL CEZANNEYou have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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 CEZANNEUnder 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 CEZANNEI 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 CEZANNEAll the theories mess you up inside.
PAUL CEZANNEThe day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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