For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations. Paul Cezanne More Quotes by Paul Cezanne More Quotes From Paul Cezanne I paint as if I were Rothschild. Paul Cezanne rothschildpaintartist I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. Paul Cezanne gratefulintelligentartist Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly? Paul Cezanne priesthooddemandart One had to immerse oneself in one's surroundings and intensely study nature or one's subject to understand how to recreate it. Paul Cezanne surroundingsstudyawareness The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine. Paul Cezanne landscapeclearartist The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which so often causes a painting to deviate from its true path - the concrete study of nature - to lose itself all too long in intangible speculations. Paul Cezanne intelligentartistcharacter 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 entirely on the choice made by the artist. Paul Cezanne choices-madetechniqueart 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 becomes. When the color achieves richness, the form attains its fullness also Paul Cezanne drawingcolorart With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be intelligible to the wide public. Paul Cezanne artistexpressionmean Art first of all is optical. That's where the material of our art is: in what our eyes think. Paul Cezanne eyeartthinking If I think, I am lost. Paul Cezanne intellectlostthinking Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted. Paul Cezanne exhaustedsittingtwo Pure drawing is an abstraction. Paul Cezanne abstractionpuredrawing The contour eludes me. Paul Cezanne eludedifficulty The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. Paul Cezanne louvrebook Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival. Paul Cezanne thoughtfulartistfall I should have wished to possess the intellectual equilibrium that characterizes you and permits you to achieve without fail the desired end... Chance has not favoured me with an equal self-assurance, it is the only regret I have about things of this earth. Paul Cezanne confidenceregretself My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life. Paul Cezanne dreambirthdayart All my compatriots are asses compared to me. Paul Cezanne assego I cannot attain the intensity that is unfolded before my senses. I have not the magnificent richness of colouring that animates nature. Paul Cezanne richnessmagnificentintensity
