It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

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 have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to...

I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to...

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...

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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

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

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

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

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.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let...

We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let...

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...

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...

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

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

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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...

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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.