It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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...

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

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,...

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...

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...

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.