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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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...

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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

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

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...

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 ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find...

I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find...

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...

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

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

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.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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

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

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.