Author

Paul Cezanne

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“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
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“My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.”— Paul Cezanne
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“I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.”— 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.”— Paul Cezanne
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“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
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“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”— Paul Cezanne
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“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.”— Paul Cezanne
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“An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.”— Paul Cezanne
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“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.”— Paul Cezanne
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“Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.”— Paul Cezanne
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“I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.”— Paul Cezanne
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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.”— Paul Cezanne
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“Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?”— Paul Cezanne
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“Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.”— Paul Cezanne
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“For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.”— Paul Cezanne
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“Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.”— Paul Cezanne
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“The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.”— Paul Cezanne
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“Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.”— Paul Cezanne
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“We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.”— Paul Cezanne
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“I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.”— Paul Cezanne
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“The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.”— Paul Cezanne
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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.”— Paul Cezanne
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“My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.”— Paul Cezanne