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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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 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 have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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...

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...

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...

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.