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Paul Cezanne Quotes

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

It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas Picture Quote #1

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

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The world doesn’t understand me and I don’t understand the world, that’s why I’ve withdrawn from it Picture Quote #1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

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

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

Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist Picture Quote #1

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Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals Picture Quote #1

I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing Picture Quote #1

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

Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps I was born too early. I was more the painter of your generation than of mine Picture Quote #1

The approbation of others is a stimulus of which one must sometimes be wary. The feeling of one’s own strength makes one modest Picture Quote #1

When a picture isn’t realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one! Picture Quote #1

One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one’s model, and, above all, of the means of expression Picture Quote #1

Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left Picture Quote #1

To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying Picture Quote #1

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The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest Picture Quote #1

All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside Picture Quote #1

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly? Picture Quote #1

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature Picture Quote #1

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest Picture Quote #1

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I’m every inch a painter Picture Quote #1

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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured (Paul Cezanne Quotes) It’s so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas (Paul Cezanne Quotes) One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link (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) 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) 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) 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) Painting, like any art, comprises a technique, a workmanlike handling of material, but the accuracy of a tone and the fictitious combination of effects depend entirely on the choice made by the artist (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals (Paul Cezanne Quotes) I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing (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 (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) Everything in nature is formed upon the sphere, the cone and the cylinder. One must learn to paint these simple figures and then one can do all that he may wish (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Perhaps I was born too early. I was more the painter of your generation than of mine (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 (Paul Cezanne Quotes) When a picture isn’t realized, you pitch it in the fire and start another one! (Paul Cezanne Quotes) One is neither too scrupulous nor too sincere nor too submissive to nature; but one is more or less master of one’s model, and, above all, of the means of expression (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for study of the highest interest and so varied that I think I could be occupied for months without changing my place, simply bending a little more to the right or left (Paul Cezanne Quotes) To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying (Paul Cezanne Quotes) The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest (Paul Cezanne Quotes) All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside (Paul Cezanne Quotes) Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly? (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 (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 (Paul Cezanne Quotes) A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I’m every inch a painter (Paul Cezanne Quotes)

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