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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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

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

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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

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

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to...

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to...

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

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

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

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted...

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted...

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

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

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time...

It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time...

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

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