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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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'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.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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

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

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.