Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

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...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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.

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...

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 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.

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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

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

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place,...

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

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

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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...

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

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

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

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

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

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...

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...

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...

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.