The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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...

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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.

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...

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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

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

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...

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...

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 paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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

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

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.

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

Is it the factitious and the conventional that most surely succeed on earth and in...

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...

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...