I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

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

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

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

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

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

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

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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 am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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.