Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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...

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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...

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.

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 lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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...

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

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

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...

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 art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it...

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it...

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

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

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...