I want to die painting.
PAUL CEZANNEThere is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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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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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
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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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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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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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Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.
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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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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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The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.
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