Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in the course of life?

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted...

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted...

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new...

One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new...

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.