Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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 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.

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.

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.

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

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

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

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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...

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...