Time and reflection change the sight little by little ’till we come to understand.
PAUL CEZANNEI could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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I want to die painting.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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Painting is damned difficult – you always think you’ve got it, but you haven’t.
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We live in a rainbow of chaos.
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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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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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We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
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I am beginning to consider myself stronger than all those around me, and you know that the good opinion I have of myself has only been reached after mature consideration.
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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
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