Everything is about to disappear. You've got to hurry up if you still want to see things. Paul Cezanne More Quotes by Paul Cezanne More Quotes From Paul Cezanne We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature. Paul Cezanne studyartistbeautiful The painter unfolds that which has not been seen. Paul Cezanne painter For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations. Paul Cezanne creativityphotographyart 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 nature. Paul Cezanne foolartthinking I have to keep working, not to arrive at finish, which arouses the admiration of fools... I must seek completion only for the pleasure of being truer and more knowing. Paul Cezanne foolknowingwork There is no model, there is only color. Paul Cezanne modelscolor Knowledge of the means to express our emotion is essential- and is acquired only after a very long experience. Paul Cezanne essentialslongmean I have not tried to reproduce nature; I have represented it. Paul Cezanne art There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other. Paul Cezanne eyeartisttwo Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left. Paul Cezanne artistriverslittles I want to die painting. Paul Cezanne paintingdieswant Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation. Paul Cezanne motivationallyingart I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting. Paul Cezanne paintingartistart The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it. Paul Cezanne understand-meartistworld You must think. The eye is not enough; it needs to think as well. Paul Cezanne eyeneedsthinking When I start thinking, all is lost. Paul Cezanne lostthinking 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 predecessors. Let us go forth to study beautiful nature, let us try to free our mids from them, let us strive to express ourselves according to our personal temperaments. Time and reflection, moreover, little by little modify our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us. Paul Cezanne beautifulbookart 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 thrill of her permanence, along with her elements, the appearance of all her changes. It must give us a taste of her Eternity. Paul Cezanne givingartfall Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured. Paul Cezanne abstractiondrawingcolour Time and reflection... modify, little by little, our vision, and at last comprehension comes to us. Paul Cezanne visionreflectionlittles
