A puny body weakens the soul.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist...

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

The clear French landscape is as pure as a verse of Racine.

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find...

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find...

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...

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...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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

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

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.

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.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...

Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind...