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Paul Cezanne Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured Picture Quote #1

All the theories mess you up inside 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

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One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link Picture Quote #1

Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest Picture Quote #1

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

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

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

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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

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

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 am progressing very slowly, for nature reveals herself to me in very complex forms; and the progress needed is incessant (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 am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth (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) 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) 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) I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me (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) Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured (Paul Cezanne Quotes) All the theories mess you up inside (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) One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Design and color are not distinct and separate. As one paints, one draws. The more the colors harmonize, the more the design takes form. When color is at it’s richest, form is at its fullest (Paul Cezanne Quotes) People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day (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) 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) 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) Art first of all is optical. That’s where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think (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) 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)

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