Author: Paul Cezanne

Quotes

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

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

- Paul Cezanne

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.

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.

- Paul Cezanne

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

- Paul Cezanne

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

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

- Paul Cezanne

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

- Paul Cezanne

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

- Paul Cezanne

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

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

- Paul Cezanne

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.

- Paul Cezanne

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