The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.

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...

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...

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'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...

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...

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

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 more a friend of art than a producer of painting.

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

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.