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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Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

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.

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...

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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 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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.