One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.
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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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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What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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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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There is no model, there is only color.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.
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There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should conform.
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Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!
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When I start thinking, all is lost.
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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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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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