Quotes

“I allow no one to touch me.” Paul Cezanne

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

“A thousand painters ought to be killed yearly. Say what you like: I'm every inch a painter.” Paul Cezanne

“Art is a harmony parallel with nature.” Paul Cezanne

“I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others.” Paul Cezanne

“An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.” Paul Cezanne

“Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know.” Paul Cezanne

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

“The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.” Paul Cezanne

“With an apple I will astonish Paris.” Paul Cezanne

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

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

“It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.” Paul Cezanne

“Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.” Paul Cezanne

“Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.” Paul Cezanne

“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution.” Paul Cezanne

“Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left.” Paul Cezanne

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

“I am the primitive of the method I have invented.” Paul Cezanne

“I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.” Paul Cezanne

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

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

“Two sittings a day of my models and I'm totally exhausted.” 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

“A puny body weakens the soul.” Paul Cezanne

“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

“I am a pupil of Pissarro.” Paul Cezanne

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

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

“I have sworn to die painting.” Paul Cezanne