I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

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

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

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.

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 more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

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

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

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...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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

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

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist...

Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist...

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.

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...

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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.