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Pure drawing is an abstraction.

Paul Cezanne

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
Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
PAUL CEZANNE

Mad Thinking Time Wonder Yourself
Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
PAUL CEZANNE

Ability Emotion Experience Genius
There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
PAUL CEZANNE

Alone Color Confirm Logic Myself Painting
You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
PAUL CEZANNE
Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
PAUL CEZANNE

Direct Imitation Master Preference Willing Yourself
All the theories mess you up inside.
PAUL CEZANNE

Mess Theory Yourself
I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNE

Death One Liner Paint
Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
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Artist Construction Fall Greatness Himself Limitation Rival
With an apple I will astonish Paris.
PAUL CEZANNE

Astonishment Myself One Liner
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNE

Art Beginning Emotion Work
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Impression Nature Paint Realization Sensation Subject
Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Company Goodness
I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
PAUL CEZANNE

Experience Inspirational Paint Wisdom
I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
PAUL CEZANNE

Animate Color Intense Nature Rich
Don’t be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
PAUL CEZANNE

Pure drawing is an abstraction.

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