I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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...

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 work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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

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

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.

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...

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

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

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

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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...

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 lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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.

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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

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

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...