It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
PAUL CEZANNEEverything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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All the theories mess you up inside.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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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 advance all of my canvas at one time.
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Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point.
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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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Painting, 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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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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