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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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...

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...

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.

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

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

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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.

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,...

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.

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it...

Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it...

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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

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

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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 more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

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

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...

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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

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

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.