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

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.

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

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

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...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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...

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but...

The painter must enclose himself within his work; he must respond not with words, but...

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...

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

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...

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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...

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...

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

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...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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.

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...

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

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