Paul Cezanne
Artist
1839-01-19
Quotes by Paul Cezanne
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I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
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I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
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You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
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For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
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I have sworn to die painting.
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With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public.
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I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
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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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If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
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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.
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A puny body weakens the soul.
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With an apple I will astonish Paris.
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See in nature the cylinder, the sphere, the cone.
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It's so good and so terrible to attack a blank canvas.
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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
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