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Paul Cezanne quotes: The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one modest.

The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one's own strength makes one modest.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?

Paul Cezanne quotes: A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

Paul Cezanne quotes: If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.

If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Everything is about to disappear. You've got to hurry up if you still want to see things.

Everything is about to disappear. You've got to hurry up if you still want to see things.

Paul Cezanne quotes: All my compatriots are asses compared to me.

All my compatriots are asses compared to me.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Right now a moment of time is passing by! ... We must become that moment.

Right now a moment of time is passing by! ... We must become that moment.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I am not altogether displeased with the shirt-front.

I am not altogether displeased with the shirt-front.

Paul Cezanne quotes: It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

Paul Cezanne quotes: What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.

What I am trying to translate to you is more mysterious, it is entwined in the very roots of being, in the implacable source of sensations.

Paul Cezanne quotes: When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.

When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Nature is the best instructor.

Nature is the best instructor.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

Paul Cezanne quotes: One had to immerse oneself in one's surroundings and intensely study nature or one's subject to understand how to recreate it.

One had to immerse oneself in one's surroundings and intensely study nature or one's subject to understand how to recreate it.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I wish to die painting.

I wish to die painting.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Paul Cezanne quotes: See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere.

See nature in terms of the cone, the cylinder, and the sphere.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.

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 quotes: The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.

I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

Paul Cezanne quotes: If I think, everything is lost.

If I think, everything is lost.

Paul Cezanne quotes: It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too

It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too

Paul Cezanne quotes: It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.

It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?

Paul Cezanne quotes: All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.

All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.

Get to the heart of what is before you and continue to express yourself as logically as possible.

Paul Cezanne quotes: There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.

Paul Cezanne quotes: There is no model, there is only color.

There is no model, there is only color.

Paul Cezanne quotes: For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

Paul Cezanne quotes: People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day.

Paul Cezanne quotes: 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.

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.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The strong experience of nature ... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future work.

The strong experience of nature ... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future work.

Paul Cezanne quotes: An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Art is a harmony parallel with nature

Art is a harmony parallel with nature

Paul Cezanne quotes: You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.

You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Paul Cezanne quotes: There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.

There is no light painting or dark painting, but simply relations of tones.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture ... we merge in an iridescent chaos.

The landscape becomes human, becomes a thinking, living being within me. I become one with my picture ... we merge in an iridescent chaos.

Paul Cezanne quotes: All the theories mess you up inside.

All the theories mess you up inside.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings.

Paul Cezanne quotes: There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

Paul Cezanne quotes: 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.

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.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.

Everything in nature takes its form from the sphere, the cone and the cylinder.

Paul Cezanne quotes: My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

Paul Cezanne quotes: With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.

I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Pleasure must be found in study.

Pleasure must be found in study.

Paul Cezanne quotes: We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

Paul Cezanne quotes: In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her.

In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read.

The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

Paul Cezanne quotes: You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.

Paul Cezanne quotes: My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going.

My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going.

Paul Cezanne quotes: A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.

The sun penetrates me soundlessly like a distant friend that stirs up my laziness, fertilizes it. We bring forth life.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Perhaps I was born too early. I was more the painter of your generation than of mine.

Perhaps I was born too early. I was more the painter of your generation than of mine.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

Paul Cezanne quotes: You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.

You have no idea how life-giving it is to find around one a youth that agrees not to bury one on the spot.

Paul Cezanne quotes: To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working.

To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.

I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

Paul Cezanne quotes: To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.

To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships.

Paul Cezanne quotes: If you see a red tree, paint it bright red.

If you see a red tree, paint it bright red.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

Paul Cezanne quotes: If I think, I am lost.

If I think, I am lost.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

Paul Cezanne quotes: We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.

Painting is founded on the heart controlled by the head.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth.

I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest.

The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.

Paul Cezanne quotes: One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Paul Cezanne quotes: When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one!

When a picture isn't realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one!

Paul Cezanne quotes: Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist.

Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist.

Paul Cezanne quotes: The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.

The painter unfolds that which has not been seen.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.

Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.

Paul Cezanne quotes: I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.

I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Paul Cezanne quotes: It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.

It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.

Paul Cezanne quotes: It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling.

It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling.

Paul Cezanne quotes: Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.

Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.