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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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...

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 an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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

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

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...

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...

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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.

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

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

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,...

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 could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would...

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...

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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

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

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 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...