Paul Cezanne

Paul Cezanne

23 quotes

As a French painter, Paul Cezanne earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. The range of their thinking — from Art to Nature — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 32 quotes from Paul Cezanne, each offering a different angle on Art, Nature, Age, Work, and Truth. Readers often gravitate to this one: "My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life."

“Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

All Quotes by Paul Cezanne

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

— Paul Cezanne

Art

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

— Paul Cezanne

Art

“Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?”

— Paul Cezanne

Art

“I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain.”

— Paul Cezanne

Alone

“The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.”

— Paul Cezanne

Art

“I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.”

— Paul Cezanne

Age

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

— Paul Cezanne

Art

“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.”

— Paul Cezanne

Art

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

— Paul Cezanne

Experience

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

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“My age and health will never allow me to realize the dream of art I've been pursuing all my life.”

— Paul Cezanne

Age

“Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.”

— Paul Cezanne

Art

“Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“We must not be content to memorize the beautiful formulas of our illustrious predecessors. Let us go out and study beautiful nature.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“Painting from nature is not copying the object it is realizing one's sensations.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.”

— Paul Cezanne

Nature

“I ask you to pray for me, for once age has overtaken us, we find consolation only in religion.”

— Paul Cezanne

Age

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

— Paul Cezanne

Work