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