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. PAUL CEZANNE BreatheColorInnocentMomentsMyselfPhotographRainWorld
Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator. PAUL CEZANNE DirectImitationMasterPreferenceWillingYourself
One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link. PAUL CEZANNE AddLinkOneselfPastSubstitute
Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience. PAUL CEZANNE EmotionEssentialExperienceExpressionKnowledge
We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature. PAUL CEZANNE BeautifulFormulaMemoriesNatureOurselvesStudy
There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones. PAUL CEZANNE ArtDarknessLightPaintingRelationTone
I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. PAUL CEZANNE AgeDestroyHardIllusionMyselfRealizationSensibleWilling
The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings. PAUL CEZANNE HimselfPaintingWordWork
Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. PAUL CEZANNE DiscoverDoubtHimselfNatureOpenSeeSuccessWay
The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it. PAUL CEZANNE MyselfUnderstandWorld
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me. PAUL CEZANNE MyselfNervousOilSustainSystemWork
For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations. PAUL CEZANNE ImpressionNaturePaintRealizationSensationSubject
The landscape thinks itself in me and I am its consciousness. PAUL CEZANNE ConsciousLandscapeMyselfThinking
There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other. PAUL CEZANNE EyesFeatureMindsetPaintSupport
It is not about painting life, it is about making the painting alive. PAUL CEZANNE AliveFocusLifePaint
The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life. PAUL CEZANNE DistantFertilizerLazyLifeMyselfSoundSun
The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. PAUL CEZANNE ArtArtistHimselfPersonalitySeduce
It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away. PAUL CEZANNE FlowImpossibleThinkingTime
