Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?

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.

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let...

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let...

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new...

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new...

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be...

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be...

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but...

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but...

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

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

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

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

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

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.