The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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...

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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

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

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...

I have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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...

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.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.