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

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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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.

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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.

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

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

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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...

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...

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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...

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...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

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...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Vermont's a place where barns come painted, Red as a strong man's heart, Where stout...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...

Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of...