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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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...

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...

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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.

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

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

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 want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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...

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.

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.