Art Quote by Paul Cezanne Download Open image “I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it.” — Paul Cezanne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Funny Inspirational Love Nature
I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture. From… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter, I should have advised him to continue… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I wish to reproduce things as they are or as they would be even if I myself did not exist. — Hippolyte Taine Copy Share Image
You are not copying nature, but responding to nature in full awareness, to the way nature expresses itself in that object. — Frederick Franck Copy Share Image
I think that I do feel that my nature is to express what this self, this particular self at this time, experiences in the world. And that is so organic - I use this metaphor a lot but I'll use it again - it's like a pine tree producing pine cones, or a blackberry bush producing blackberries - it's just… — Alice Walker Copy Share
Nature is as it is because this is the only possible nature consistent with itself. — Geoffrey Chew Copy Share Image
I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
You have to hurry up if you want to see something, everything disappears. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Here on the edge of the river, the motifs are very plentiful, the same subject seen from a different angle gives a subject for… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every day. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image