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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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...

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.

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...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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.

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

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

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.