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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

For an impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to...

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...

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.

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 am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your...

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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.