You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.

Quote by Paul Cezanne

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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.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

The artist makes things concrete and gives them individuality.

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 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.

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 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...

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...

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

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

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

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

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

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

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

A puny body weakens the soul.

A puny body weakens the soul.

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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 have sworn to die painting.

I have sworn to die painting.