Famous Quotes

Quotes by Paul Cezanne

• A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
• An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.
• Art is a harmony parallel with nature.
• Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.
• Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
• For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.
• Genius is the ability to renew one's emotions in daily experience.
• I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting.
• I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.
• I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.
• I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
• I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.
• Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?
• My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.
• My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me.
• Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.
• Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
• The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.
• The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
• The truth is in nature, and I shall prove it.
• We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.
• 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.
• You say a new era in art is preparing you sensed it coming continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest.