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 CEZANNEYou say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
-
-
I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
PAUL CEZANNE -
Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
PAUL CEZANNE -
All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.
PAUL CEZANNE -
Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
PAUL CEZANNE -
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNE -
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
PAUL CEZANNE -
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
PAUL CEZANNE -
There is no model, there is only color.
PAUL CEZANNE -
Drawing and color are by no means two different things. As you paint, you draw… When color is at its richest, form is at its fullest.
PAUL CEZANNE -
If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
PAUL CEZANNE -
The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
PAUL CEZANNE -
I allow no one to touch me.
PAUL CEZANNE -
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNE -
I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNE -
Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
PAUL CEZANNE