For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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
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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.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.
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I allow no one to touch me.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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With a painter’s temperament, all that’s needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
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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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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest.
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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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I’ll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.
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