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Art Quotes by 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,…
- A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
- The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
- For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
- Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
- The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
- An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
- Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
- Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
- With an apple I will astonish Paris.
- I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
- My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
- You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.
- I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
- Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?
- What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with…
- I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.
- All my life I have worked to be able to earn my living, but I thought that one could do good painting without attracting attention…
- Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the drawing…
- 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…
- 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…
- An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all... feeling is the principle, the beginning and the end; craft, objective, technique -…
- Everything vanishes, falls apart, doesn't it? Nature is always the same but nothing in her that appears to us lasts. Our art must render the…
- Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals.
- The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas of our illustrious…
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