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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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

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

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...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

I want to die painting.

I want to die painting.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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...

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.