The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

Topics: Art Quotes

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

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

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

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only...

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.

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...

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'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs.

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.

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...

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 allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

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...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.