When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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I paint as if I were Rothschild.

I paint as if I were Rothschild.

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...

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 am the primitive of the method I have invented.

I am the primitive of the method I have invented.

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

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

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

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

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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.

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.

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn...

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.

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 a pupil of Pissarro.

I am a pupil of Pissarro.

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'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...

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...

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

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

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.