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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them...

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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...

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

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...

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.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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...

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'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.

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've...

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've...

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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 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...

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

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