Paul Cezanne Quotes

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Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
Paul Cezanne

Intelligence, Experience, Daily

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.
Paul Cezanne

Art, God, Judge

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
Paul Cezanne

Nature, Realize, Subject

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
Paul Cezanne

Strength, Makes, Awareness

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.
Paul Cezanne

Nature, Painting, Object

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne

Work, Art, Emotion

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.
Paul Cezanne

Difficult, Painting

If isolation tempers the strong, it is the stumbling-block of the uncertain.
Paul Cezanne

Strong, Isolation, Uncertain

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.
Paul Cezanne

A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.
Paul Cezanne

Thousand, Painter, Painters

I allow no one to touch me.
Paul Cezanne

We live in a rainbow of chaos.
Paul Cezanne

Live, Chaos, Rainbow

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
Paul Cezanne

Art, Artist, Himself

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
Paul Cezanne

Art, Feeling, Based

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.
Paul Cezanne

Sometimes, Mad, Tell

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
Paul Cezanne

Nature, Truth, Shall

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.
Paul Cezanne

Understand, Why, Withdrawn

With an apple I will astonish Paris.
Paul Cezanne

Paris, Apple, Astonish

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
Paul Cezanne

Nature, Art, Harmony

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.
Paul Cezanne

Stand, Fine, Terrible

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
Paul Cezanne

Art, Lies, Salvation

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

Busy, Place, Here

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.
Paul Cezanne

Invented, Method, Primitive

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
Paul Cezanne

Age, Realize, Sensible

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.
Paul Cezanne

Help, Others, Possible

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Artist

Born: January 19, 1839

Died: October 22, 1906

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