Author: Paul Cezanne

Quotes

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

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

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

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

- 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

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

- 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

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

- Paul Cezanne

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

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

- 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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