My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

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...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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...

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...

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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.

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

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

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.

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 artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.