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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've...

My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've...

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...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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

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

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.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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...

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.

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

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

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.