Quotes of Paul Cezanne - somelinesforyou

“ A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I am a pupil of Pissarro. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I am a pupil of Pissarro. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. ”

- Paul Cezanne

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

- Paul Cezanne

“ Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ Right now a moment 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. Given the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I allow no one to touch me. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ With an apple I will astonish Paris. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ With an apple I will astonish Paris. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ We live in a rainbow of chaos. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I paint as if I were Rothschild. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ Right now a moment 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. Given the image of what we actually see, forgetting everything that has been seen before our time. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ 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

“ We live in a rainbow of chaos. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ We live in a rainbow of chaos. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ I am a pupil of Pissarro. ”

- Paul Cezanne

“ To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships. ”

- Paul Cezanne
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