A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNERight now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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There is no model, there is only color.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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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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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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Time and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
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Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.
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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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It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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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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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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