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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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.

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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

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

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

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...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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'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.