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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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

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

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

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.

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 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...

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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

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

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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

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

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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,...

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...

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...