A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. Paul Cezanne More Quotes by Paul Cezanne More Quotes From Paul Cezanne The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself. Paul Cezanne seductive personality art Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment. Paul Cezanne that-moment passing-by moments It is not about painting life, it is about making painting alive. Paul Cezanne painting alive The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it. Paul Cezanne prove-it truth-is prove Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience. Paul Cezanne ability emotional genius Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color. Paul Cezanne color light The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. Paul Cezanne modest awareness strength May I repeat what I told you here: treat nature by means of the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, everything brought into proper perspective so that each side of an object or a plane is directed towards a central point. Lines parallel to the horizon give breadth... lines perpendicular to this horizon give depth. But nature for us men is more depth than surface, whence the need to introduce into our light vibrations, represented by the reds and yellows, a sufficient amount of blueness to give the feel of air. Paul Cezanne men mean art To paint is not to copy the object slavishly, it is to grasp a harmony among many relationships. Paul Cezanne harmony paint relationship Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down. Paul Cezanne rainbow color ideas I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing. Paul Cezanne stopping artist years If I think, everything is lost. Paul Cezanne inspiration lost thinking 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 serendipity roots trying Long live the sun which gives us such beautiful color. Paul Cezanne color beautiful inspirational The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. Paul Cezanne beautiful beauty life Under this fine rain I breathe in the innocence of the world. I feel coloured by the nuances of infinity. At this moment I am one with my picture. We are an iridescent chaos. Paul Cezanne nuance rain world Art is a harmony parallel with nature. Paul Cezanne environment nature art Nature is more depth than surface, the colours are the expressions on the surface of this depth; they rise up from the roots of the world. Paul Cezanne depth expression roots Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't. Paul Cezanne painting artist thinking Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones. Paul Cezanne light artist two
