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 CEZANNEWhen the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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If I think, everything is lost.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them.
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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.
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Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
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You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.
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I 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.
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I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
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Here, on the river’s verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.
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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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