Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is...

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.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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

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

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

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

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.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.

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 paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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...