I have sworn to die painting.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

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...

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...

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 am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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

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

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.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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