A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
PAUL CEZANNEPeople think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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Tell me, do you think I’m going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
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We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
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The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.
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Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.
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It took me 40 years to find out that painting is not sculpture.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest.
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Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world.
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Pure drawing is an abstraction.
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Keep good company – that is, go to the Louvre.
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Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
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It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive.
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I want to die painting.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s not really possible to help others.
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