One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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.

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...

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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

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

It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time...

It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time...

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.

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...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

People think how a sugar basin has no physiognomy, no soul. But it changes every...

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...