I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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...

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.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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

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

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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

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

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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'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.

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

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

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.

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

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...

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...