It’s not just about looking and copying, it’s about feeling too.
PAUL CEZANNETreat 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.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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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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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it.
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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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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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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Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos.
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I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Chatter about art is almost always useless.
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Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.
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You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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Nature is the best instructor.
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When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.
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