I allow no one to touch me. Paul Cezanne More Quotes by Paul Cezanne More Quotes From Paul Cezanne The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur and beauty of all future work. Paul Cezanne experiencestrongart To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must be found in the studying. Paul Cezanne artistwishmen One must see one's model correctly and experience it in the right way; and furthermore express oneself forcibly and with distinction. Paul Cezanne modelsdistinctionway I am still searching for the expression of those confused sensations that we bring with us at birth. Paul Cezanne confusedbirthexpression To achieve progress nature alone counts, and the eye is trained through contact with her. It becomes concentric by looking and working. Paul Cezanne progressachieveeye I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me. Paul Cezanne artistagebirthday There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art. Paul Cezanne professiondifferentart Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre. Paul Cezanne louvregood-companycompany Everything is about to disappear. You've got to hurry up if you still want to see things. Paul Cezanne disappearstillswant One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense of art - and this sense is doubtless the horror of the bourgeois. Paul Cezanne horrorgood-thingsart Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator. Paul Cezanne imitatororiginalitymasters Personally I would like to have pupils, a studio, pass on my love to them, work with them, without teaching them anything.. ..A convent, a monastery, a phalanstery of painting where one could train together.. ..but no programme, no instruction in painting.. ..drawing is still alright, it doesn't count, but painting - the way to learn is to look at the masters, above all at nature, and to watch other people painting. Paul Cezanne drawingteachingpeople The transposition that a painter makes with an original vision gives to the representation of nature a new interest. Paul Cezanne originalityvisiongiving I'd like to combine melancholy and sunshine... There's a sadness in Provence which no one has expressed... I'd like to put reason in the grass and tears in the sky, like Poussin. Paul Cezanne sunshinesadnesssky It is necessary to introduce light vibrations, represented by reds and yellows, and a sufficient amount of blues, to obtain an airy feeling. Paul Cezanne colorlightfeelings Taste is the best judge. It is rare. Art only addresses itself to an excessively small number of individuals. Paul Cezanne small-numbersjudgingart 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 erasstudyart Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors. Paul Cezanne artistifsway I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. Paul Cezanne forceendsart I have sworn to die painting. Paul Cezanne paintingdies
