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

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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

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

I allow no one to touch me.

I allow no one to touch me.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

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

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

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them...

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them...

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 am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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.

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...

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

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

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...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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

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

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...

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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.

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.