There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
PAUL CEZANNEWith an apple I will astonish Paris.
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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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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Pleasure must be found in study.
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My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
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Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.
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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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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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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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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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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
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Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
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I advance all of my canvas at one time.
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