I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...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 a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be...

With a painter's temperament, all that's needed are the means of expression sufficient to be...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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,...

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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.

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...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.