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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

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

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

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.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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...

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've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.

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...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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

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

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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

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

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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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 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.