Chatter about art is almost always useless.
PAUL CEZANNEPainting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist.
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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.
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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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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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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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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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Everything is about to disappear. You’ve got to hurry up if you still want to see things.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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