Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
PAUL CEZANNETime and reflection, modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us.
More Paul Cezanne Quotes
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The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
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There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.
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There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
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An art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t an art at all.
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Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.
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I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.
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There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.
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Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color.
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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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There is no model, there is only color.
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You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well.
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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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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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Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience.
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