All 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… Artist
- The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest. Gives
- Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator. Directive
- Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions. Abstractions
- Pleasure must be found in study. Found
- All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside. All
- I am not altogether displeased with the shirt-front. Altogether
- There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art. Amateur
- To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working. Achieve
- 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… Copies
- I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth. Birth
- One must see one's model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction. Correctly
- One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense of art -… Art
- My nervous system is very much weakened - nothing but painting in oil can keep me going. Me
- All the theories mess you up inside. All
- Surely, a single bunch of carrots painted naively, just as we personally see it, is worth all the endless banalities of the Schools, all those… According
- I owe you the truth in painting, and I will tell it to you. Inspirational
- 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. Almost Useless
- The painter unfolds that which has not been seen. Been
- It's not just about looking and copying, it's about feeling too Copying
- Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think. All
- If I were called upon to define briefly the word Art, I should call it the reproduction of what the senses preceive in nature, seen… Art