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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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

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

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...

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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...