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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

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

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

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

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

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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.

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.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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...

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 am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.