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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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 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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

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The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...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

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.

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

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 artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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...

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

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