I am a pupil of Pissarro.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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

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

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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 paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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 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.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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

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

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

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The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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...