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Paul Cezanne Quotes

Shut your eyes, wait, think of nothing. Now, open them... one sees nothing but a great coloured undulation. What then? An irradiation and glory of colour. This is what a picture should give us... an abyss in which the eye is lost, a secret germination, a coloured state of grace... loose conciousness. Descend with the painter into the dim tangled roots of things, and rise again from them in colours, be steeped in the light of them Picture Quote #1

Fruits... like having their portrait painted. They seem to sit there and ask your forgiveness for fading. Their thought is given off with their perfumes. They come with all their scents, they speak of the fields they have left, the rain which has nourished them, the daybreaks they have seen Picture Quote #1

Right now a moment of time is fleeting by! Capture its reality in paint! To do that we must put all else out of our minds. We must become that moment, make ourselves a sensitive recording plate... Give the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time Picture Quote #1

All my compatriots are asses compared to me Picture Quote #1

Talks on art are almost useless. The work which goes to bring progress in one’s own subject is sufficient compensation for the incomprehension of imbeciles Picture Quote #1

Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

All the theories mess you up inside Picture Quote #1

I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant Picture Quote #1

One must see one’s model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction Picture Quote #1

I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth Picture Quote #1

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion Picture Quote #1

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I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else Picture Quote #1

To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art Picture Quote #1

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I’ve been pursuing all my life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain Picture Quote #1

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The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings Picture Quote #1

The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it Picture Quote #1

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other Picture Quote #1

Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions Picture Quote #1

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones Picture Quote #1

Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think Picture Quote #1

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People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day Picture Quote #1

Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point Picture Quote #1

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors Picture Quote #1

See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them Picture Quote #1

In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Shut your eyes, wait, think of nothing. Now, open them... one sees nothing but a great coloured undulation. What then? An irradiation and glory of colour. This is what a picture should give us... an abyss in which the eye is lost, a secret germination, a coloured state of grace... loose conciousness. Descend with the painter into the dim tangled roots of things, and rise again from them in colours, be steeped in the light of them (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Fruits... like having their portrait painted. They seem to sit there and ask your forgiveness for fading. Their thought is given off with their perfumes. They come with all their scents, they speak of the fields they have left, the rain which has nourished them, the daybreaks they have seen (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Right now a moment of time is fleeting by! Capture its reality in paint! To do that we must put all else out of our minds. We must become that moment, make ourselves a sensitive recording plate... Give the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time (Paul Cezanne Quotes) All my compatriots are asses compared to me (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Talks on art are almost useless. The work which goes to bring progress in one’s own subject is sufficient compensation for the incomprehension of imbeciles (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 (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 (Paul Cezanne Quotes) All the theories mess you up inside (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant (Paul Cezanne Quotes) One must see one’s model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else (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 (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 (Paul Cezanne Quotes) My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I’ve been pursuing all my life (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 (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain (Paul Cezanne Quotes) The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but with paintings (Paul Cezanne Quotes) The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it (Paul Cezanne Quotes) There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think (Paul Cezanne Quotes) People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Treat nature by the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything in proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point (Paul Cezanne Quotes) 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 Quotes) See how the light tenderly love the apricots, it takes them over completely, enters into their pulp, light them from all sides! But it is miserly with the peaches and light only one side of them (Paul Cezanne Quotes) In order to make progress, there is only nature, and the eye is turned through contact with her (Paul Cezanne Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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