If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen through the veil of the soul.
PAUL CEZANNEA puny body weakens the soul.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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What 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.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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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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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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